Us Against You Us Against You
Book 2 - Beartown Series

Us Against You

A Novel

    • 4.4 • 838 Ratings
    • $13.99
    • $13.99

Publisher Description

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown returns with an unforgettable novel “about people—about strength and tribal loyalty and what we unwittingly do when trying to show our boys how to be men” (Jojo Moyes).

Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did.
Have you ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too.

A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don’t expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they’ve always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it’s a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a chance at a comeback.

Soon a team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you’ll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf; always dutiful and eager-to-please Bobo; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the town’s enmity with Hed grows more and more acute.

As the big game approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up and their mutual contempt intensifies. By the time the last goal is scored, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if, after everything, the game they love can ever return to something as simple and innocent as a field of ice, two nets, and two teams. Us against you.

Here is a declaration of love for all the big and small, bright and dark stories that give form and color to our communities. With immense compassion and insight, Fredrik Backman—“the Dickens of our age” (Green Valley News)—reveals how loyalty, friendship, and kindness can carry a town through its most challenging days.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2018
June 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Atria Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
11.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Jbherrera ,

Beautiful and sad

Heartbreaking, incisive.

ironhorse8550 ,

Highly recommended

A great sequel to BEAR TOWN (which should be read first). Backman doesn’t disappoint with spectacular character development and a story of life, love, relationships, courage and redemption. I will miss picking up this book and visiting Bear Town and it’s incredibly interesting people.

MrsRosser2 ,

This book is everything.

If you haven’t read Beartown, start there...
this is the 3rd book I’ve read of his and I think I’ve a new favorite. To give that statement perspective I’ll tell you I love Stephen King, Ann Patchett, David Sedaris, Poe and Sarah Pinborough....
I felt every emotion and cared for every character... I may still be crying.
Thank you Mr. Backman ❤️

More Books Like This

Skippy Dies Skippy Dies
2010
The Smash-Up The Smash-Up
2021
Light Perpetual Light Perpetual
2021
Rock, Paper, Scissors Rock, Paper, Scissors
2019
Hinterland Hinterland
2017
Rabbit Redux Rabbit Redux
1971

More Books by Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove
2014
Anxious People Anxious People
2020
Beartown Beartown
2017
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
2015
Britt-Marie Was Here Britt-Marie Was Here
2016
The Winners The Winners
2022

Customers Also Bought

Oh William! Oh William!
2021
The Story of Arthur Truluv The Story of Arthur Truluv
2017
Our Missing Hearts Our Missing Hearts
2022
Dear Edward Dear Edward
2020
We Begin at the End We Begin at the End
2021
Redhead by the Side of the Road Redhead by the Side of the Road
2020

Other Books in This Series

The Winners The Winners
2022
Beartown Beartown
2017