In Search of True North

In this matter-of-fact novel, Neely (Beauty from Ashes) explores messy families, single parenting, and forgiveness for believers in the modern world. Mallory Rose Carter is an amateur astronomer competing for high school valedictorian, until one lapse in judgment knocks her future off course. Twelve years later, her sister is killed in a tragic accident, and Mallory returns home to help her mom with early on-set Alzheimer’s and raise her pre-teen nephew Samuel. Desperate for approval and nursing bitterness over crushed dreams, Mallory makes another rash decision in her search for a guiding North Star. In a genteel Southern family where appearances reign, Mallory wonders if she can ever really come home. With her homemade telescope pointed heavenward, Mallory realizes that perspective is essential for stargazing and for life.