- Jake is an unhappy school teacher whose childhood scars are not merely skin deep. Jake's life is upended when his shifty, rogue of a father, Leif - an absentee parent and a man who best days as a travel writer are well past him-- insists that Jake help him with his next project, a book about Algonquin Park. Agreeing to a temporary arrangement, father and son arrive at the long-neglected family cabin in the woods, a tranquil backdrop to their fractious relationship. But bickering and bad feelings are soon cut short by an unexpected tragedy Laying his father to rest along with the man's many secrets, Jake decides to finish the book as a gesture to the father he barely knew. Back at the cabin, Jake's work is interrupted by unexpected visitors: a mother and child. Carmen and Iggy are revealed to be grieving members of Leif's secret family. For Jake, this deception seems to be the final straw. All he wants to do is pack up and leave. However something stops him. Iggy, just an eleven-year-old boy, has an uncanny amount of information about an event from Jake's childhood involving a horseshoe that he views as pivotal in his life and for the book. Can these two brothers, having just met, come together on an unlikely quest that may just help them both find what they're looking for and so badly need? Algonquin is a story about family secrets, second chances, and discovering the bonds that connect us through our families having nothing to do with luck.—Anonymous
- Jake, an unhappy school teacher, has his life upended when his shifty, travel writing father insists that they write a book on Algonquin Park together. Their trek to a long neglected family cabin is cut short by tragedy. Laying his father to rest, Jake decides to tribute the man by finishing the book. Returning to the cabin, he's interrupted by unexpected visitors: a mother and son who are his Dad's secret family. This deception is the final straw. However, something stops him. The young boy has an uncanny amount of information about a pivotal event from his childhood. Can these two brothers, having just met, come together on an unlikely quest that may help them find what they're looking for and so badly need?—Anonymous
- His hard living writer father, Leif Roulette, abandoning him and his mother, Rita, when he was a child has contributed to Jake Roulette's emotional problems, including disillusionment with his job as a high school English teacher which is not really where he wanted his life to end up regardless. Rita too now has a love/hate relationship with Leif as he reenters their lives briefly on occasion. The latest occasion of Leif's return, his books generally about a sense of place on life, is upon the latest contract he has from his publisher to write about Algonquin Park where the Roulettes over generations have owned a cabin, he wanting Jake to accompany him back to the park and cabin for research and co-writer credit. Although Jake has not been to the cabin since he was a child right before Leif left for good, his strong attachment to those childhood memories make him accept Leif's offer, which also means dropping his job. As initial work on the book progresses, changing circumstances lead to Jake being the sole writer. In the process, Jake is forced to connect with a part of his father's life about which he knew nothing but which may give him a better sense not only of what he missed not having a present father but also why Leif asked him to enter into this joint venture.—Huggo
- When Jake goes to his late father's cabin in Algonquin Park to finish his father's adventure travel book, he discovers more material than he expected.
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