Sara Chase is graduating from an old and prestigious liberal arts college with the kind of education that only the very best schools can provide. But when she runs off to spend a seaside summer with her very attractive English professor, she discovers just how little she knows about life. And herself.
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War during the era of sex, drugs and rock and roll, Learning by Heart is the story of that moment in life when the decisions we make shape the people we become.