Ridley Q Jones lived an ordinary life until one day she committed a heroic act - she saved a baby who could have been run over by a truck. Ridley's photo appeared in all American newspapers. She became a participant in many talk shows and an “honorary citizen of the day.” But fame played a cruel joke on Ridley. A woman receives a mysterious note, which states that she is not at all the person she used to think she is. Trying to find out the truth, Ridley wanders through a labyrinth of mysterious events and omissions, and each new discovery shocks her more and more. Overcoming many obstacles, Ridley tries to answer the question that haunts her: was her whole life just a beautiful lie?