“A single woman at forty-nine years old is, you know, no longer funny. You begin to seriously fear that love and desire are forever in the past for you. Of course it's not fatal; but in order to come to terms with this, you need great inner strength...” The answer to the question of how to gain this strength is what Alyx, who is not used to giving in to difficulties, is trying to find. The source that can give strength to the heroine of the novel lies in the depths of centuries, in the difficult path of her people, persecuted and persecuted, in their ability to survive and find their personal promised land.