RENAULT,MARY — North Face

London, Longmans Green & Co. 1949, 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, The protagonists are Neil Langton and Ellen Shorland, both of whom have tragic pasts and both of whom are staying at a boarding house in Cornwall. They both have a passion for mountain climbing, which is what first brings them together. Neil is in the process of obtaining a divorce from an adulterous wife, whilst mourning the death of his young daughter, and Ellen is mourning the loss of her first love Jock, who died in World War II, believing herself incapable of loving again. The novel is set in the period immediately after the end of the war 318p. Vintage copy.Cloth cover slightly faded & worn. Very Good/No Jacket.