Written with lively feeling and sincerity, the story of how the girl Anyuta lived before the war, during the German occupation and after liberation, unfolds into a picture of the life of a Soviet village. Childhood and youth during the years of severe trials, the hardships of the war period and, it would seem, , a hopeless future undermines the fragile and vulnerable heroine, forcing her to take a desperate step... And yet, having crossed the line, accepting the fate of the “village fool,” Anyuta finds the strength to remain a pure, simple, bright soul.