A nineteen-year-old girl does the first brave thing in her life and moves back to New York to resume an affair with her first love. Although she has few skills and less money, she is determined to make her move work. While she longs to resurrect her former boyfriend's feelings of love, it soon becomes clear that for him, this is just a sexual affair. Over the next few years, she struggles to forget him, embarking on a series of affairs both large and small. Will she be able to break free of the cycle of emotional abuse, and finally find the love and respect she deserves? Set in New York City in the 1960s, Blame it on my Youth is part coming-of-age story, part cautionary tale, and tells the tale of one young woman attempting to navigate an ever-changing social and political world ? and to find her own place within it.