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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Fiction |
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Call Number:
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F Backman |
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Author:
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Backman, Fredrik |
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Title:
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Beartown |
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Remainder of title:
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a novel |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy. At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear. Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever shaped by the places we call home, and in this emotionally powerful, sweetly insightful story, he explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people's dreams on our shoulders"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781501160769 (hardback) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title:
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eng |
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Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text:
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swe |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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e-sw--- |
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Classification number:
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PT9877.12.A32 |
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Item number:
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B5513 2017 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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839.73/8 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC000000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC016000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC019000 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1981- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Uniform title:
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Bjornstad. |
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Language of a work:
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English |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, N.Y. |
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Name of publisher:
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Atria Books |
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Date of publication:
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2017 |
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Projected publication date:
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1704 |
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New York : |
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Atria Books, |
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2017. |
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Extent:
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416 pages 25 cm. |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 05/01/2017 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 26.99 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Scandals |
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Subject:
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Hockey stories. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / General. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Humorous. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Literary. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Geographic name:
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Sweden |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Personal name:
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Smith, Neil |
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Relator term:
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translator. |
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Fuller form of name:
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(Neil Andrew), |
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Main entry heading:
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Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author. |
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Place, publisher, and date of publication:
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New York : Atria Books, 2017 |
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Display text:
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Online version: |
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Title:
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Beartown |
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Record control number:
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(DLC) 2017000383 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781501160783 |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk14 2017-01-05 |
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xk14 2017-01-05 ONIX |
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xk14 2017-01-05 to CIP |
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Daniella Wexler; phone: 212-698-2822; email: daniella.wexler@simonandschuster.com; bc: haley.weaver@simonandschuster.com |
Bibliography Copy Information:
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Description |
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Due Back |
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48411 |
F Backman |
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