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A book that I purchased solely based on judging it’s cover.

July 17, 2017 by kella 3 Comments

 I’m so stereotypically Canadian, that I picked this up because of the hockey game on the cover.  True story.  #sorrynotsorry Beartown is a small rural village (in what I’m assuming is Sweden, although I don’t think it ever specified) that is slowly dying.  Their only hope for economic revival is their junior hockey team – a championship win will secure them as the site for a new elite hockey academy which will bring people and businesses back to the area. But before that final game, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: Beartown, Fredrik Backman, hockey

kella's CBR9 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: Beartown, Fredrik Backman, hockey ·
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