Philippa Hunter and Paul Laurens meet at the Castle of Chillon and immediately forge a connection. Both are beset by problems they are grateful to share with each other. Philippa's mother is dead just over a year ago and her father is being aggressively pursued by Eunice who would very much like to Flip's artist father to her stable of husbands. Flip is sent to a boarding school which she hates while her father travels to China to work on illustrations for his latest book. Paul has lost his memory. He was found by the Laurens in a bombed out cellar when Mrs. Laurens was singing for the troops after the war. Together they heal past and present hurts, deal with a stranger claiming to be Paul's real father, prepare for a school ski competition that Philippa has been forbidden to enter, and realize that it is within ourselves that we find freedom or prison.
This is a most welcome, well-written, happily ever after story, touching on the atrocities and moral challenges of World War II.
"Things that hurt people make them deeper and more understanding."
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