A gifted American novelist who always rejects the world around her is forced to rethink her perspective when her husband falls sick — the thought of losing him forces her to turn her criticism inward.

A three-years-married couple have lost the spark that once excited them, leading the wife to venture into tentative love affairs.

After a visit to the tropics, a woman returns to her husband and New England home. She struggles with the transition back to her regular life after she realizes that she felt happier and more at home in the tropics.