In the provincial town of Holt, which stretches among the endless plains of Colorado, life is in full swing. Every resident here has their own story: the elderly Macferon brothers miss Victoria Rubido, a young mother who has become almost a daughter to them and has now left to study, the boy alone takes care of an old grandfather, and the couple is forced to defend themselves from a violent relative. The characters in this novel, so ordinary and so real, remind us that kindness and cruelty, weakness and strength live in everyone. And the most important thing is that you can find loved ones even where you don't expect them.