The story of Serafima Zorina will leave few people indifferent. Some consider Seraphima a heroine, others condemn her behavior. We can say that she “rushes through life like a tank.” But that's not true. She simply, in her words, “doesn’t go with the flow like a weak-willed sliver,” being able to both adapt to circumstances and fight against them. Was the girl Sima a strong personality from birth? She became like this! She made herself! She shared her beloved man with another woman for twenty years, she cured her sick son, raised her daughter, she defended her farm. And I never relied on chance...