In late autumn, Avdey finds a newborn girl in a trash can, who ends up in an orphanage. A difficult childhood and adolescence in an orphanage did not break her, and she has to go through the cruel school of life. Having overcome everything, she becomes a respected surgeon. Family life did not work out. She finds her mother, but loses her again. Devoting herself entirely to work, she does not pay attention to her health, which leads to a sad end.