One August night, a man walks toward his car, head down, thoughts heavy as stones. Then he looks up at the sky-and that night changes everything.
The North Star is a novel inspired by a true story. The story of an ordinary man: a father, a husband, a commuter. A man who loved, worked, sacrificed-who at a certain point found himself alone, betrayed, emptied out. A man who looked at a train and thought that maybe that train, that morning, could play a different role.
This book tells what happens when your life collapses before your eyes and you cannot understand how you got there. It tells of children, silence, a house by the sea that no longer feels like yours. It tells of a star that appears at the right moment.
This is not a story of heroes. It is a true story. And that is why it hurts more.
Some stars don't show you the way. They force you to look at your life.