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"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...
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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.
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....
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beartown and A Man Called Ove, hailed as "a writer of astonishing depth [with] the remarkable ability to make you understand the feelings of each of a dozen different characters" (The Washington Times), a heart-wrenching story of how loyalty, friendship, and love carry a town through its darkest days. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow...
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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...
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Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow in her garden. Sometimes Grandpa sits on the bench next to Ted, Noah's father. In their love of Noah, they have found a common bond. Grandpa,...
6) Beartown
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[2023]
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Primera edición de HarperCollins Español.
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In the forest community of Beartown, the possibility that the amateur hockey team might win a junior championship, bringing the hope of revitalization to the fading town, is shattered by the aftermath of a violent act that leaves a girl traumatized.
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2023.
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Beartown, una pequeña comunidad escondida en lo profundo del bosque, es el hogar de gente dura y trabajadora que no espera que la vida sea fácil ni justa. No importa lo difíciles que sean los tiempos, siempre han podido estar orgullosos de su equipo local de hockey sobre hielo. Así que es un golpe cruel cuando se enteran de que el hockey sobre hielo de Beartown podría disolverse pronto. Lo que empeora las cosas es la evidente satisfacción que...
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[2021]
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Primera edición.
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"Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situac̤in de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la ̕vspera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequęa ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, ̕s lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es a̕s de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa ̤cmo huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer. Pero puedes confiar en la poli̕ca....
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