Study Guide: Beartown by Fredrik Backman (SuperSummary) (Unabridged‪)‬

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Beartown by Frederik Backman includes a detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as secrets, shame, grief, and obsessions. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. 

Beartown is a 2017 novel named a best book of the year according to LibraryReads, BookBrowse, and Goodreads. Set in a depressed town obsessed with hockey, the novel examines parental control, the cost of keeping secrets, and regret. 

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