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THE WINNERS - FREDRIK BACKMAN KARTONIERT (TB)

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER?     ‘It’s often said that winners write history  but there
are no winners here’    This is a small story about big questions.  It' s a story about
family  community  life.   It starts with a storm - and a death.   But how does it end?     
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 residents continue to
grapple with life’s big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what  if anything
are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them?   As the locals of Beartown struggle to
overcome the past  great change is on the horizon. Someone is coming home after a long time
away. Someone will be laid to rest. Someone will fall in love  someone will try to fix their
marriage  and someone will do anything to save their children. Someone will submit to hate 
someone will fight  and someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink.   So what are
the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home?   Everything.  PRAISE FOR THE
BEARTOWN BOOKS:    ' This is a stunning read that plunges you into another world. Backman
writes with incredible sensitivity and insight. Every one of the characters is real and
multi-faceted  having you breathlessly turning the pages  following their fears and hopes 
fretting for their futures. This is storytelling at its best: Emotional  vivid  wise and
utterly brilliant'  HAZEL PRIOR    ' Surrounded by impenetrable forests  Beartown
recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. A mature  compassionate novel' 
SUNDAY TIMES    ' Backman can tickle the funny bone and tug on the heart strings when he
needs to  and is a clever enough storyteller to not overindulge in either'  INDEPENDENT   
' As popular Swedish exports go  Backman is up there with ABBA and Stieg Larsson'  THE
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW    ' Backman is a masterful writer'  KIRKUS REVIEW

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