Backman, Fredrik
Summary: "Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BACBackman, Fredrik
Summary: "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 an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family's efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go. "Isn't that the best of all life's ages, an old man thinks as he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BACBackman, Fredrik
Summary: 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BACCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BACBackman, Fredrik
Summary: Viewing an apartment normally doesn't turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that: a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the eight strangers begin opening up to one another. Before long, the robber must decide which is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BACBackman, Fredrik
Summary: Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020