Each of us is connected by invisible threads to the place where we were born and lived for many years. By cutting these threads, you can change your fate, but you can inadvertently ruin your own life. Elena Ronina’s novel has three storylines, three main characters. Alexey emigrates to Germany; Alexander changes the life of a provincial town to the hectic life of Moscow; Zoya, in her old age, sells her house and moves to live with her children. The author shows their destinies over many years. Relationships between fathers and children, men and women, business in Russia and Germany, emigration as it is with all its complexities and difficulties are the main topics of this book.