Patty Montgomery is an ordinary young girl growing up in the 1960's. She encounters many of the same challenges most young girls struggle with on their way to becoming young women.When Luke Martell walks into her life and she falls in love for the first time, she has to learn how to deal with these new, overwhelming feelings. Patty takes us on her emotional, sometimes humorous, journey through adolescence toward adulthood. Then, just as things seem to be falling into place, something happens that derails her life.