A book about the difficult times of perestroika. The novel takes place in a small provincial town in Ukraine. The book talks about the lives of ordinary people, what they feel, what they talk about, what they dream about. Everyone has their own problems and experiences. The main character of the novel, Anna Malinkina, works in the editorial office of the Nikitinskiye Novosti newspaper. Every day people come to the editorial office, different destinies flash before it, everyone has their own problems and different moods. Someone comes to the editorial office to share their thoughts with readers, someone wants to express gratitude to the people who helped a person in a difficult life situation, and some come to make trouble. Anna is passionate about her work, but at some point she begins to feel spiritual breakdown and disappointment from the profession of journalist... There is a love line in the novel.