1956. Sylvia Plath is in England on a Fulbright Scholarship when she meets Edward Hughes. The attraction is immediate and mutual. It is a meeting not only of the minds, but of an intense physicality as well. Within four months, they are married. When her studies are completed, Sylvia is offered a teaching post back in America. She accepts, and the couple relocates. Within four months, they are married. When her studies are completed, Sylvia is offered a teaching post back in America.