How to Win a Chestnut Fight

By all objective measures forty-year-old Andy Desanctis is a success. He has a lucrative legal career a beautiful wife a compassionate teenage daughter and a high-rise condo on Toronto's waterfront. Yet ever since Andy received his mother's most recent phone call he's been uneasy.<p> Despite many fond memories of growing up in Rosewater he hasn't set foot in his rural hometown for fifteen years. Too many things happened there that he can't confront; too many cries for help were left unanswered. His mother's pleas were desperate however and Andy can't avoid returning to Rosewater any longer. His father is ill and his mother is scared; they both need him. There's just no choice but to walk into the fire.<p> Reuniting in Rosewater with the entire Desanctis clan Andy must acknowledge the potential loss of his tough-as-steel father. On a deeper level he must grapple with the things he saw the choices he made and what he should have done-decisions that continue to torment him as an adult. The homecoming poses a quandary: Andy can heal and move on or he can let the past destroy him.