The plot revolv es around El la Durran, an 
ambitiou
s young woman whose  life long d ream of studying at   Oxford
 final  ly co mes tru  e  with  a Rhodes Schol
arship. Howeve  r, her pla ns t
ake an u

nexpected turn when she is off
 ered a posi tio n in a
 risi ng politica
l
 star’s presidential campaign, ch
all
enging the initial expectat ions of her Oxford e
xperien

c e. M atters become m ore complicated when
she meets Jamie Da venpor
t, a l
ocal with a s
harp tongue 
an d an undeniable connection to Ella. 　　A  s the narrative progresses, what start
s as a casual fling bet
ween Ella and 
J a mie evol ves into something
d ee

per , w
hi
ch leads to 
the revelati
 on of the latter ’s life-chang i ng secr et. Ella is n ow t orn b etween
her political aspirations and her grow ing fe
el ing
s for Jami e, for 

cing her to confro
nt diffic
ult choices about her f
uture. As her time in  Oxford  leads to its conclusion , Ell a  must de cide which dreams truly matter 
m ost to her.