Beartown (Beartown Series)

Beartown (Beartown Series)Now an HBO Original Series Youll love this engrossing novel. People Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dreamand the price required to make it come true. By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the towns junior ice hockey team are

trapped in the late author’s last unfinished story

and lonely

“A fascinating look at true crime and tabloid culture that's as thoughtful as it is gripping” (People)

But Alison grew up with her mother’s alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories

In this book of illustrated essays

"I need to send a message

With charming narrative

and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd)

she's a female-serial-killer expert who's quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal

family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County

the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF TOMORROW