Героиня второго плана

K soroka dvum godam moskovskai͡a khudozhnit͡sa Maĭi͡a ponimaet: ona "zhenshchina vtorogo plana", potomu chto ne obladaet ni silʹnym kharakterom, ni umeniem stroitʹ zhiznʹ na sobstvennyĭ lad. Chemu udivli͡atʹsi͡a? Vedʹ i ee babushka Serafima Igument͡seva tochno takzhe plyla po techenii͡u, khoti͡a ee molodostʹ prishlasʹ na ti͡azhelye poslevoennye gody, trebovavshie ot kazhdogo reshitelʹnykh deĭstviĭ. Odnako neozhidanno vyi͡asni͡aegsi͡a, chto Serafima sumela rasslyshatʹ tikhie i tochnye podskazki zhizni. Ėto sdelalo ee schastlivoĭ, uvedi͡a daleko ot Moskvy i zastaviv polnostʹi͡u peremenitʹsi͡a. No gotova li Maĭi͡a k rezkim peremenam?..

By the age of forty-two, the Moscow artist Maya understands: she is a "woman of the second plan" because she has neither a strong character nor the ability to build a life in her own way. Why be surprised? After all, her grandmother Serafima Igumentseva also went with the flow, although her youth fell during the difficult post-war years, which required decisive action from everyone. However, it suddenly turned out that Serafima was able to hear the quiet and precise clues of life. This made her happy, taking her far away from Moscow and forcing her to completely change. But is Maya ready for drastic changes?..