{"product_id":"us-against-you-by-fredrik-backman-9781501160806","title":"Us Against You","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Man Called Ove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeartown\u003c\/i\u003e 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).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave you ever seen a town fall? Ours did.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHave you ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 neighbouring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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. \u003ci\u003eUs Against You\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a declaration of love for all the big and small, bright and dark stories that give form and colour to our communities. With immense compassion and insight, Fredrik Backman--\"the Dickens of our age\" (\u003ci\u003eGreen Valley News\u003c\/i\u003e)--reveals how loyalty, friendship, and kindness can carry a town through its most challenging days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398082445548,"sku":"9781501160806","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12887683482722.jpg?v=1773741109","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/us-against-you-by-fredrik-backman-9781501160806","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}