The beginning foreshadows events that will occur near the end of the book in Chapter Forty-Nine. By everyone, for everyone." Plot Chapter One
And what is a community? It’s the sum of our choices. But it also reminded me of all the things I love about the ice, the locker rooms, the community and why kids need a Narnia. But this time, writing these books, it also made me look myself in the mirror, as a fan, as a man, as a dad. When I wrote Beartown I wanted to translate that magic into the young men and women the novel is about." In the closing letter, he continued, "I tried to write all this about sports, the very best and the very worst parts of it, as honestly as I possibly could. I’m not at all exaggerating when I tell you that the NHL was as magical a place to me as Narnia was. I had a hard time making friends, and there were two things that I fell in love with early enough to save me from complete loneliness: books and sports. Regarding Backman's choice of sport, he mentioned, "I grew up obsessed with this sport, not as a player (because I was a fragile and strange little kid and could never learn how to skate properly) but as a fan. It is mentioned that Backman wrote a letter to the NHL. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected.īeartown explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the secrets that tear it apart, and the courage it takes for an individual to go against the grain. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys.īeing responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semi-final match is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semi-finals, and they actually have a shot at winning. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream-and the price required to make it come true. I miss you.Īnd for Neda Shafti-Backman, my funniest, smartest, most argumentative best friend, who picks me up when I need it, and keeps my feet on the ground when I deserve it. I hope that the big bar in heaven serves proper dry martinis, and that they always show Wimbledon on the big screen. What a quiet life I would have lived without her.
For my grandmother, Saga Backman, who taught me to love sports.
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