📖 peek insideBeartown
by Fredrik Backman
In the small, isolated town of Beartown, the community's hopes rest entirely on its junior ice hockey team. When a violent act occurs involving the star player and the general manager's daughter, the town's social fabric begins to tear apart. Backman masterfully explores the heavy burden of expectations, the loyalty of friendship, and the moral courage required to stand against the majority. It is a powerful, emotional examination of how a single event can change a community forever.
A popular book with millions of readers worldwide.
Notable Quotes
"Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason."
"If you are honest, people may deceive you. Be honest anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfishness. Be kind anyway. All the good you do today will be forgotten by others tomorrow. Do good anyway."
"Hate can be a deeply stimulating emotion. The world becomes easier to understand and much less terrifying if you divide everything and everyone into friends and enemies, we and they, good and evil. The easiest way to unite a group isn't through love, because love is hard, It makes demands. Hate is simple. So the first thing that happens in a conflict is that we choose a side, because that's easier than trying to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time. The second thing that happens is that we seek out facts that confirm what we want to believe - comforting facts, ones that permit life to go on as normal. The third is that we dehumanize our enemy."
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