Summer is over, fall is in the air. It's a season of new beginnings for the girls at New England's exclusive Penfield Academy. For seniors and close friends Abby and Muffy, it's time to make the dramatic transition from girlhood to womanhood.

Our Time is a tender coming-of-age saga of friends poised at one of life's turning pointes.

Set in a world of "dead poets" and alive yearnings, this story raises questions that go beyond its 1955 era. What is love? What is responsible sex? What control does and should young people have over their bodies?

The answer and consequences are vital for "Our time" and all times.