Description And Both Were Young is a novel by Madeleine L\'Engle originally published in 1949.
Main characters Philippa "Flip" Hunter -- A Young girl who is being sent to boarding school against her will because of Eunice Jackman Philip Hunter -- Flip\'s frequently absent father Eunice Jackman -- A gorgeous widow who is, as Flip says, "lusting after her father" Paul Laurens -- A French boy who has no memory of his past Mademoiselle Dragonet -- Flip\'s boarding school superintendent Madame Perceval -- Flip\'s art teacher, and also Paul\'s aunt by adoption Erna -- One of Flip\'s friends at the school (wikipedia.org).
In 1983, a revised version of the novel that restored material originally removed by the author was published under the same title, but with a new copyright.
It tells the story of an American girl at boarding school in Switzerland, not long after World War II, and the relationship she develops with a French boy she meets there, who cannot remember his past due to trauma he suffered in the war.
Description And Both Were Young is a novel by Madeleine L\'Engle originally published in 1949
