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The winners : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith.

Summary:
Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought through their ice hockey teams. Maya's parents, Peter and Kira, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey club's murky finances, and Amat--once the star of the Beartown team--has lost his way after an injury and a failed attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister's death. He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982112790
  • Physical Description: 673 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Series information from goodreads.com
Originally published in Sweden in 2021 by Forum as Vinnarna.
Language Note:
In English, translated from Swedish.
Subject: Hockey stories.
Small cities > Fiction.
Storms > Fiction.
Corruption > Fiction.
Revenge > Fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology) > Fiction.
Sweden > Fiction.

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  • 2 current holds with 93 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION BACKMAN (Text) 50687011799197 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION BACKMAN (Text) 50686016229333 Adult Fiction On Holds Shelf -
Altoona Area Public Library F BAC (Text) 33240005148542 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Bac (Text) 00156127 ADULT Fiction Available -
Ashland Public Library FIC BAC (Text) 30399000366624 Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F BAC (Text) 75011000383494 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaverdale Public Library F B (Text) 31814450624538 BVRM Fiction Available -
Bedford County Library F BAC (Text) 35010001098142 Adult Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Bac (Text) 85131001855759 CACM Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION BACKMAN (Text) 50688010836543 Adult Fiction Available -


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