This is a novel about a narcissistic egoist. She is beautiful, smart, loves expensive things, cars, knows her worth well, but she is afraid of love like fire, children depress her. A successful marriage for her is confirmation of her success. She makes many of those around her unhappy. Through her daughter's illness, unhappy love, through numerous blows of fate and the all-forgiving love of her husband, she must finally find happiness. This is a novel about a passion that inexplicably attracts two completely different people, which burns painfully and brings disappointment and pain to loved ones.