Chasing North Star

“Chasing North Star has heart and is packed with nostalgiccultural references from the Wonder Years era. Inspired by a true story,Heidi McCrary’s novel is no one’s fantasy of the perfectchildhood. Part horror story, part love story, it keeps the readerengaged and lays bare what it’s like to grow up with a mentally illmother who broke her children’s 45s but couldn’t break their spirits.”
—Lori Moore, TV/radio personality and actress

“Chasing North Star explores universal themes of abandonment,isolation, grief, mental illness, and forgiveness in an authentic andengaging manner. The narrative is familiar, like a close friend sharing asecret. Heidi McCrary’s novel sheds light on the ways we are taught tohide or ignore the pain we see in others and just how much one person’skindness can make all the difference to a person in their life journey.”
—J. Dylan Yates, author of The Belief in Angels and Szaja’s Story

“Heidi McCrary’s debut novel, Chasing North Star, is a movingstory about secrets and survival and enduring sibling ties, bound by amother’s mental illness. This heartfelt tale lingers long after thefinal page.”
—Linda Kass, author of Tasa’s Song and A Ritchie Boy

“Chasing North Star is a poignant novel that beautifully capturesthe small-town childhood of four siblings trying to survive theirmother’s frightening mental illness. The author sharply renders thegenerational impact of trauma by including shifts to the mother’sdifficult past in wartime Germany.”
—Elise Schiller, author of Watermark

“Heidi McCrary delivers an unforgettable and unflinching coming-of-agenovel about the ties that bind siblings in their complicated familystruggles. Chasing North Star examines the pain—often terror—ofgrowing up with a narcissistic, mentally ill mother and the fact thatthe love we all crave has to ultimately be found in ourselves.”
—Diana Y. Paul, author of Things Unsaid

Heidi McCrary spent only forty years getting her first novel, Chasing North Star, written and published while working full-time and raising her children. With a fulfilling career in TV advertising now behind her, she now focuses on writing and enjoying life with her husband, Jon, while their two grown sons make their own way through life. Heidi lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and fills her non-writing days striving to reach beyond mediocrity on the golf course and pickleball court and taking in all the beauty West Michigan has to offer.

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