America, Illinois, a remote province, forgotten by God and people. It would seem, what is the point of keeping a private boarding house in this wilderness. But it turns out that there is a point: Anna-Maria and Penny, her thirteen-year-old daughter, the owner of the forest dwelling, welcome temporary guests here. True, they are all very unusual. These are the stranded heroines of famous literary works. Emma Bovary, Scarlett O'Hara, Franny Glass from Salinger's work... The only thing that causes pain for Penny and Anna Maria is the inability to interfere in the fate of their favorite book heroines, no matter what tragic end awaits them. But one day Penny gets into trouble, and except from her guests, she has no one to expect help from.