The book tells about Lidia Nikolaevna Nikiforova, an ENT doctor and surgeon. During the war, as a little girl, she remained in Stalingrad, engulfed in fire. She devoted over fifty years to the profession of a doctor, performing unique operations. Her son, Oleg Viktorovich Nikiforov, is a surgeon, the “people's doctor” of Zhigulevsk, who has provided assistance to almost every family.