A SpringBook Club Sampler FROM SIMON & SCHUSTER January—April 2018 LOVE AND OTHER WORDS BEARTOWN By Christina Lauren By Fredrik Backman AVAILABLE AS A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL ON APRIL 10 AVAILABLE NOW IN HARDCOVER, PAPERBACK ON FEBRUARY 6 Childhood sweethearts reunite after a decade—and many unresolved issues—have The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A come between them. The first women’s fiction Man Called Ove returns with a winning novel novel from New York Times bestselling author about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just Christina Lauren. change everything. 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