Sequel to 'The Road From Coorain'.
In 1960 Jill Ker arrived in America form Australia. 'True North' tells the story of her gradual acclimatisation to the new continent; her discovery of the world of intellectual, energetic women, culminating in her appointment as President of Smith College; her romance and marriage to John Conway - a war hero and Harvard house master; and their year-long honeymoon during which she comes to grips with the reality of John's manic-depressive disorder, as well as the lingering, poisonous anger of her mother.