The Man Who Cried by Catherine Cookson. 1st ed 1979. H/C with jacket. 279 pp.

The unputdownable story of a man and his son fleeing tragedy.

Unhappily married to the shrewish Lena, Abel Mason sought release in a love affair that all too soon ended in brutal tragedy. Abel left home, taking with him his young son Dick, and together they tramped their way to the North where his roots lay. It was a hard and sometimes traumatic journey, and at its end there seemed to open up whole vistas of new life and experience. But the legacy of his past and its secrets still hound them.

First published 1979 by Heinemann, London. Condition: Good. Jacket has some wear and tear.