This book would be a good read for sports lovers and those who enjoy exploring the dynamics of complex relationships within a small town community. With an emphasis on loyalty and teamwork, it explores how our beliefs shape our actions and the consequences that result from them. The unique and distinctive feature of this book is its ability to tackle difficult themes such as trauma, loyalty, and courage through the eyes of different characters, offering a multifaceted view of the events that unfold.

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• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2018)

A community is only as great as the sum of its choices, and when tragedy visited Beartown, the town lost its way.Beartown's hockey club is on the cusp of being terminated and it falls to general manager Peter, to try to save the beloved team.As Peter and his wife Mira find themselves drifting apart, a local politician known for expediency rather than convictions offers him a lifeline: the new owners of the factory will step in as sponsor - if Peter can guarantee that 'The Group' is ousted from the club. 'The Group' is a gang of men known both as shady businessmen and protectors. Not to mention die-hard hockey supporters. To go against 'The Group' would be suicide . . .

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