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Us Against You
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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Kboltz
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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Didn‘t realize that this was a trilogy and read 2 after 3! Guess what, it didn‘t matter! Loved this trilogy set in a hockey town. Every character is perfect, each book is just as good as its predecessor! I love sports!🏒🏒🏒🏒😂

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Jas16
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When I made my list for 24in2024 I purposely added a few titles that I owned sequels to in the hopes that I would get through those as well. So success in that respect but if I didn‘t love Beartown as much as everyone else, I REALLY didn‘t like this one as much as everyone else. I don‘t love the way these are written and didn‘t care about the politics. The end was emotional but felt manipulative . I loved Ove but won‘t carry on with this series.

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Texreader
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This is book 2 in the Beartown series. I do not recommend reading it right after book 1 if Beartown got you down. In book 1 a hockey player rapes a girl. In book 2 a favorite player is ostracized for being different. It‘s dark and depressing and not what I needed right now. And repeated cliched lessons just gnawed at me in the audio—the narrator‘s voice was a downer. Reading the IRL book would probably have been a better choice. ⬇️

Texreader Still a pick but barely. I miss Backman‘s droll humor from his other books. It‘s an excellent story, but it‘s just hours of a depressing story. #foodandlit #Sweden #snowangels #wintergames @Emilymdxn @Catsandbooks 4mo
Deblovestoread Thank you for this thoughtful review. I was thinking to try this series as light holiday reading but since it‘s not that I won‘t. Hard time for you to be reading! Take care 💜 4mo
Catsandbooks Yeah I ended up passing on the first one for now. Not in the right head space for that kind of read now. 4mo
Texreader @Catsandbooks Excellent decision. 4mo
Texreader @Deblovestoread The series was definitely not what I expected from the author. And a bummer too since I specifically lined them up for the holidays. I should‘ve chosen something else for December. But good books nonetheless. Just tragic. 4mo
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Texreader
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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The next design is underway for my #litsylove Christmas cards. I love the blank slate and waiting to see what will happen. #foodandlit #Sweden @Catsandbooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Catsandbooks A blank slate is so exciting and also sometimes intimidating lol 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📝💌📮🫶🏻 4mo
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Texreader
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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I finished Beartown and have immediately started this one. #foodandlit #Sweden @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Wow! You finished Beartown so fast! It must have been good! 4mo
Texreader @Catsandbooks Really good. He‘s an amazing writer. But it looks like book 2 will be just as dark. Book 3 had better pull us all out of the darkness!! 4mo
Catsandbooks @Texreader let's hope so! 🤞🏼🤞🏼I'm hoping to start beartown this weekend 4mo
Texreader @Catsandbooks Good luck! 4mo
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Elizabeth2
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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I finished this a few weeks ago. I liked this second book in the Beartown trilogy better than the first. This book hit me on so many different levels - as the parent of teens, the parent of an athlete, a team mom, a member of a community, a wife….There were so many little insights into these roles that really spoke to me as I read. This series is as much character driven as plot driven. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 ❤️📚#serieslove2023

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Elizabeth2
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18% / 83 pages in, and this book is breaking my heart already. 💔❤️📚 It‘s football Sunday, it‘s rainy and my team isn‘t playing until 4:25pm. So I‘m settled on the couch with this book, my coffee and my dogs (one is sitting behind my head). Fredrik Backman is so good. #20in4Readathon #serieslove2023

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
ShelleyBooksie This Trilogy is my fav of all time. So, so good ♡ 5mo
TheSpineView ❤️📖📚 5mo
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Elizabeth2
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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Stunningly beautiful day here. It‘s warm, breezy, sunny, and we have gorgeous fall colors in the trees. Perfect for front porch reading. ❤️📚🍁☀️

SassyBookworm Looks like a perfect day for reading 🩷 5mo
charl08 Beautiful 😍 5mo
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GatheringBooks
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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#IdiomInsight Day 19: This is literally an #OnThinIce novel. There is divisiveness here – which is something we can also say about the world and most countries at the moment; there is hatred – too much of it everywhere these days; there is grief and loss too. But then at the very heart of it, one goes back to hockey, which becomes a microcosm of life itself. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j65

Eggs Loved this book! 6mo
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BooksNBowls
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In this continuation of Beartown and all those who inhabit it, is this intensely immersive multi-layered story with complicated character relationships. Some characters you love, some you despise, but everyone roots for Beartown! We are the bears! The bears from Beartown! Beautiful, reflective writing 4.5/5

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Yahui07
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Put off this book for so long because I love Beartown so much and do not want the series to end so quickly.
And, again, Fredrik Backman did not disappoint me. Sometimes held back my tears but eventually tears went out; sometimes it was to much for me and I needed to pause and then resume. Such a touching and heartbreaking book. Just love it.

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eeclayton
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I loved Beartown (and also Anxious People) so I was looking forward to the sequel, but I am disappointed. It's a good story with a lot of value in both the plot and the characters; however, the way the author had chosen to tell it just didn't work for me. Each chapter started with some quotable life wisdom, then something happened to confirm it, then the wise words were repeated. Every single chapter. The format had its power in the beginning...⬇️

eeclayton ... but after a while it was just tiring. There were also explanations of character activities that I felt unnecessary, like the author hadn't trusted his readers enough to let them work things out on their own. I almost DNFed the book; I'm not sorry I didn't, but I'm not planning to read the third installment. 9mo
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Cupcake12
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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Mounting tensions between two neighbouring hockey towns , a newcomer to hockey helps shape the new Bear Team. Focusing on different characters this time, my favourite being Benji. He‘s lost, makes mistakes but still carries on. There are characters I don‘t like but they make you want to read the story more. Backman writes about some emotive subjects e.g homophobia, racism, family dynamics etc. Will definitely read the final book

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Cupcake12
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I‘ve started the series so will continue with the next instalment.

CollapsingLibrary I loved how he ended Beartown so much I‘ve been scared to read this one in case it “ruins” it 😅 I look forward to seeing your review to see if I take the plunge and add it to my tbr! 12mo
Cupcake12 @CollapsingLibrary will let you know! 12mo
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TorieStorieS
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Wow- even though I loved BEARTOWN, I still didn‘t expect to enjoy this sequel as much! I think I loved it even more?! It wasn‘t really the story I expected- but after having grown to love these characters so much, it was wonderful to see their stories continue to unfold. Again, the stories may center around hockey, but this manages to be about so much more. I laughed, I cried & gasped aloud in shock in parts! I can‘t wait to continue the series!

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Twocougs
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Bear town‘s story continues. This one gets very intense and 💔. You fall in love with these characters as if they were people you know.

melissajayne I heard something similar about the book when I was listening to a book podcast yesterday 1y
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Ladygodiva7
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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ShelleyBooksie Loved it! Benji ♡♡♡♡♡ One of my fav book characters ever. 1y
Ladygodiva7 @ShelleyBooksie oohhh, can‘t wait to read it all! 1y
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elvidat
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There is no pause button when everything gets too much for us, but that's how it is with everyone.We will do whatever it takes for them, and they never realize it because they don't understand the depth of something that is unconditional. A lie has an invincible advantage: the truth must take into account everything that happened, and a lie only needs to be easy enough to be believed.

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LaurenMags
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This is the sequel to BearTown. It's such a beautifully sad book.

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Ain't that the truth?

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tpixie
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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Re- Reading books 1 & 2 before reading The Winners. My emotions have been like a roller coaster!! Backman knows how to pull you into a story!

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Traci1
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fredrik Backman always knows just how to break me into tiny pieces. He always balances the sorrow with hope. I think I'm going to need something fluffy before I move on to the next book in the series. Who'd have thought a series about hockey could be so moving?

scarathlon points: 5+1+(9 hours x 5 thons x 10)=456
@Clwojick #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks #31by31 @Catsandbooks #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #spookaween2022 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Fantastic 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼✨💙 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Mdion1993
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A hockey town rebuilds it‘s team in the fallout of a rape scandal.

Consequences ✨ Rivalry ✨ Grief

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MelKelsey
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Book 100

I picked up Us Against You at the library because, though I was confident I HAD read it, it wasn't marked it as read on my Goodreads. Expecting to recognize it soon, I began reading. I finished without ever recognizing the book.

MelKelsey I love Backman's writing; it's intelligent, insightful, and unique. I realized, though, it's not transportive; you never forget you're reading, and you don't find yourself in the story. The Beartown series isn't my favorite of his work, but the characters are dynamic....and frustrating. The social issues are salient. 2y
marleed I‘m looking forward to the release of the 3rd book in this series! 2y
MelKelsey @marleed , me, too! I was lucky enough to win an ARC through Goodreads! 2y
marleed @MelKelsey oh lucky you! 2y
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FortunateSon
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An amazing deal right now on Kindle for the second book in the Beartown trilogy. Only $2.99 for the next several days. If you haven't read Beartown or Us Against You, I can't recommend them enough. Fredrik Backman is definitely one of my MUST-READ authors. Get this one before the final installment of the trilogy, The Winners, is released on September 27th!

LKK526 I waffle for some reason to read him. Thanks for the push😃 2y
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MMFinck
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I preferred the one before, but this is still excellent. Long live Beartown!

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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Another 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 This one crushed my heart many times over. I‘ll see if I can patiently wait for October when ‘Beartown #3‘ comes out. It‘s going to be hard though!

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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I‘m going straight back to Beartown. I need to stay with these people and this town awhile longer…

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EmilyM
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I will read anything this author writes. He gets what it is to be human. ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5/5

smalldogs_bigbooks2419 A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She‘s Sorry were my favorites. I DNF Britt-Marie Was Here and thought Anxious People was just ok. I haven‘t read any others, but probably will. 2y
EmilyM @smalldogs_bigbooks2419 I loved My Grandmother!! 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
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This one is still on my TBR… eventually I‘ll get to it 😬

#BeginsWith 🥳📚 #You #UsAgainstYou

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great choice 👏🏻📚 2y
Eggs Really enjoyed the 2 hockey books! 2y
ShelleyBooksie It so, so good. I loved it as much (if not a little more) than Beartown. 2y
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TheDaysGoBy
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My December TBR. I‘m currently on Shadow of the Wind - didn‘t realize how thick it was until I picked it up from the library 😂 Excited for all these books though. Hopefully I can squeeze them all in

#wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

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Coleen_Nieto
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Sometimes you have to live like the gate is open.

Sparklemn Your dog is adorable! 2y
Coleen_Nieto @Sparklemn Thank you!! 2y
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carlthecattt
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Heart wrenching.
Have you ever loved something so fiercely that you would do anything to save it?
That‘s what the people of Beartown do, and the story is something you will never forget.
Backman makes you slow down, realize what you have in front of you, and crave what life is really all about.
It‘s not often that a sequel is better, but in this case I think it worked out that way. I will remember this book for all the days to come.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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perfectsinner
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Goddamn Backman did it again. All the feels! Can't wait for the third book. I dunno if my heart can take it, though.

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ShelleyBooksie
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All the stars!!!!!! Best book I have read in a very long time. Backman's writing is exceptional. This book has wonderful moments of inspiration and moments of profound sadness. I do not follow hockey and this book touched me deeply as it is about so much more than that - its about friendship and family. The family we are born with and the family we find.

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ShelleyBooksie
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May Reads. Beartown and Crown of Gilded Bones were the big stand outs.

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ShelleyBooksie
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@eggs - for wonderous Wednesday. One of my fav book shirts and book earrings
The first thing I look for in a friend is kindness.
Biggest irrational fear - a car jumping thr curve when I am walking down the street and running me over.
When we can travel again: experience Disney with my family and go lay on a warm beach with a cold drink and a book!

Wanna play @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego , @DinoMom , @DebbieGrillo

AmyG I, too, am a fan of kindness. 👊🏻 3y
LeahBergen Great pic! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You look so pretty! Love your shirt! Also, I LOVE the card and bookmark you sent 💛 🍋 I‘m behind, but I‘ll get there!! 😘 3y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @AmyG yes!!! It‘s our motto 👊🏻🙌🏻 3y
Eggs Love the shirt!! And earrings!! Happy pic!! Thanks for joining in 👏🏻📚❤️🥳 3y
UwannaPublishme Great pic and shirt! 🙌🏻 3y
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LisaLovesToRead
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This book is amazing! It‘s even better than Beartown. I highly recommend it.

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Mrs.C
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Sitting in the bleachers freezing my fingers off waiting for my kiddos game to start and the sun to come out! 🥶

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Arvena
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Amazing Fredrik Backman! The style of writing is wholly his own - F. Backman is one of the most talented storytellers. Thought-provoking, engaging, and heartwarming: an emotional roller-coaster. It's a great multi-layered novel - gripping, reflective and well executed.

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Ddzmini
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Can anyone tell me why the name of the book changed??? I had Bear Town in my stack and went to B&N and got Us Against you not even thinking anything of it just because of the author. Now I have two of the same stories... but be read Bear Town ...it‘s a great book 😳☺️

TEArificbooks They are separate books. Bear town is book one. Us against you is the sequel. 3y
Ddzmini Thank you @mdm139 so I won‘t give it away then 🤣🤣 3y
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Jeannineth
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Beartown was an emotional roller coaster ride of emotions for me. The book was very good but I am still reflecting on it a year later. So, here I am about to embark on another trip to Beartown.

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freeatlast1137
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The second book about Beartown where hockey is everything.

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BennettBookworm
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I just love this book so much 😭😭😭😭😭 it was a reread for me and I‘m so glad that #lmpbc gave me a reason to do so! Backman breaks my heart and heals me all at the same time. The writing is so stunning and I felt all the feels for these characters, three years later. @shellleigh33 I‘m SO sorry for the delay! This is going in today‘s mail!! @sharread @LiteraryinLititz

sharread I know, I could read it a few times. Can't wait to see your comments. 3y
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paulareadsallthetime
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I cannot express how much I love this book!! I am very excited for the 3rd book in the series to be released. The story of Beartown continues in this book. We see ups and downs that the members of the hockey team and the town deal with. We see our beloved characters from Beartown grow and change.

JanuarieTimewalker13 Wish I knew when Beartown 3 was coming out!! 3y
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wideeyedreader
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Okay, that‘s it, Backman‘s officially a favorite author! I can‘t get enough of how authentically and sympathetically he writes all of his characters, and still manages to tell compelling stories. I cried twice while reading this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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LiteraryinLawrence
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I‘m definitely glad I read this! Thanks to my #lmpbc of @sharread @BennettBookworm and @shellleigh33 . This is my first book of 2021!

sharread That's awesome. Bear Town is going to be on HBO as a series. I'm mailing How to Walk Away in a few days. I'm hoping the mail issue clears up soon. ❤ Happy New Year. 3y
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