A woman's life, erupting with promise, is fissured by betrayal and duty. What had once seemed a pastoral family idyll has become a trap, and she struggles between being a wife and and yearning for so much more. The woman is Sylvia Plath in her final year. As Plath's marriage to Ted Hughes unravels, Sylvia turns increasingly to writing to express her pain and loss, yet also her resilience and power.