A bombshell of honesty and hope. This book has the power to heal hearts.'<br/>Clare Bowditch<br/><br/>'Catherine Deveny is a blazing light in a world that is often grim. She brings her immense generosity of spirit to this beautiful memoir, and we are blessed to have her.'<br/>Clementine Ford<br/><br/>When writer Catherine Deveny faced the end of a seventeen-year relationship with the father of her children, she had no idea what lay on the other side of the months of tumult: she just knew she had to create space for a new life.<br/>But this wasn't the first time Deveny had taken a plunge into the unknown or let go of conventional assumptions. In True North, she shares how she emerged from an oppressive Catholic upbringing in working-class Reservoir, found her tribe in Fitzroy's sharehouses in the '80s, and learnt to live life on her own terms as she navigated the highs and lows of a creative life, family legacies and intimate relationships.<br/><br/>'This is the kind of story that stays with you long after you turn the final page.'<br/>Michael Lallo, The Age<br/><br/>'Breathtaking.'<br/>Chrissie Swan