A novel included on the New York Times bestseller list. To be able to forgive is a gift that is given to few. Sylvia, the mistress of the Elm Creek estate, knows for sure that it is impossible to live with a grudge in your heart, especially if it is a grudge against a loved one. There are many people around her who need her advice - how to forgive? Sarah has not communicated with her mother for a long time - the pedantic and demanding Carol has never been happy with her daughter: the husband is not the same, the career is not the same. The war between them would have continued if not for Sylvia. A wise friend will do everything to help Sarah, her mother, and other people caught in a web of bitter grievances. Judy, who received a letter from the father who abandoned her as a child; Summer, who does not want to leave her parents' home; Bonnie, who suspects her husband of cheating. And Sylvia will help each of them decide: to forgive the people who hurt them, or to move on, but alone.