Finalist for the National Book Critic’s Circle John Leonard Prize.

“ Flying in her father's prop plane, skiing across a frozen lake, encountering a black bear and nearly dying during all of the above—this is where writing really comes to life "—The New York Times 

" It feels like everyone thinks that he or she can pen a memoir these days—but Leigh Newman is one of the few to have proven she really can, and what's more has good reasons for doing so...there's something hauntingly universal about her story."—New York Daily News

"What really sets this fearless memoir apart is the writing" —O The Oprah Magazine

"Breathtaking"—Harper's Bazaar

"A thought-provoking book and one you should read with your sneakers nearby. When you're finished you'll feel like you need to go hiking." —Marie Claire

“[Leigh] Newman has crafted a vivid exploration of a broken family. . . . Her pain will resonate strongly with readers, and she vividly brings both Alaska and Maryland to life. . . . A natural for book clubs.”—Booklist

“Newman’s adult search for her own true home is riveting, as are her worldwide adventures; it’s a joy to be in on the ride.”—Reader’s Digest

"Newman..is at her best bringing to life the chapters on her near feral Alaskan upbringing. You can practically smell the freshly killed game" —Entertainment Weekly

"In Still Points North(The Dial Press), Leigh Newman bares her skin without dishonoring her past." — Excerpt in Vogue (April 2013)

“Newman writes so lucidly about bewilderment, so honestly about self-deception, so courageously about fear, so compassionately about insensitivity, so hilariously about suffering and loss. Still Points North is a remarkable book: a travel memoir of the mapless, dangerous seas and territories between childhood and adulthood.”—Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!

“At once harrowing and tender-hearted, Still Points North illuminates the power of domestic discord to become a literal struggle for survival, brilliantly drawing a picture of a child tumbling through her family’s dissolution as she struggles to make sense of what family means.”—A. M. Homes, author of The Mistress’s Daughter

"A startlingly beautiful and distinctive voice...a tour de force"—Mira Bartok, author of Memory Palace

“Still Points North features a heroine as intrepid as you’ll find in any adventure story, which makes sense, since her parents’ divorce left her stranded on that desert island we call a lonely childhood. But this memoir isn’t so much about what wasn’t supplied as what was. Newman’s story is a testament to passion, the ethic of self-reliance, and the capacity for joy that her parents did share.”—Jim Shepard, author of You Think That’s Bad