by Madeleine L'Engle
Just a wonderful story, set shortly after World War II. Philippa Hunter, a timid, artistic teenager, must attend a Swiss boarding school while her father, a professional painter, travels Europe. Philippa ("Flip" to her family) knows this year is going to be horrible. She's never been able to make fr...
3.5 starsA story of life, with no tremendous adventures or mystery, just the strife and turmoil of growing up, falling in love, loss and healing and the discovery of what it means to be fully alive and fully oneself.Thank you to Angie for the fantastic review that made me go read this book:)