"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 means everything to the residents of Beartown, a struggling community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and an steadily...

"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 tried to move on, but there's something about this place...

"Minęły dwa lata od wydarzeń, o których nikt nie chce myśleć. Wszyscy próbowali iść dalej, ale coś w tej części lasu to uniemożliwia. Straszliwa w skutkach wichura podsyca odwieczną rywalizację między Björnstad a sąsiednim miasteczkiem Hed. Rywalizację, która zawsze znajdowała ujście na lodowisku do hokeja. Podczas gdy napięcie między społecznościami rośnie, na horyzoncie rysują się wielkie zmiany. Ktoś wróci do domu...