Set against the tumultuous backdrop of an elite New England college in 1998, 'My Last Innocent Year' tells the powerful and transformative story of Isabel Rosen. Bearing the weight of her working-class background and the acute grief of losing her mother, Isabel is on the cusp of completing her studies while struggling to find her place in a world that feels strangely alien. As she attempts to assert her identity and lay claim to her own life, Isabel encounters a harrowing event that disrupts her final semester, leaving her vulnerable. In the midst of this upheaval, she is drawn into a controversial and morally ambiguous relationship with her married writing professor, R.H. Connelly. As their affair exposes the fragility of the boundaries between youth and adulthood, Isabel is confronted with the disintegration of the lives around her and the realization that her journey into adulthood is as complex as it is inevitable. This debut novel by Daisy Alpert Florin is a compelling coming-of-age narrative, interwoven with a candid exploration of the struggles faced by a young woman in affirming her own voice and autonomy during a period marked by the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal.