The first part of the book is the story of a young woman who is successful and well—off, but lives a wrong life. She is a well-known TV presenter in the city. In her reports, she deceives her listeners, and first of all, herself. She and her husband have been wanting to have children for a long time, but nothing is working out. Finally, they decide to take custody of a six-year-old boy who was recently brought to a Russian orphanage from Ukraine. The child looks quite developed, but he does not speak. The decision to adopt someone else's child changes the life of the main character and her family. The second part consists of stories about good and evil, about testing people's resilience in unambiguous situations. The book also includes autobiographical stories from different periods of the author's life.