Fate often gives us only a few days during which we need to make a decision - whether to change our fate or maintain our usual way of life. Inga Shatrova’s life, it would seem, turned out unsuccessfully - her first love broke her heart and forced her to marry someone she didn’t love, a loveless marriage ended with her husband leaving for another, and Inga’s shoulders fell on the worries of her daughter and her bedridden mother-in-law... Everything changes with her return to her father’s house, where she is given only a week to reassess her values, to understand what kind of happiness she has. The book was also published under the title “Instead of Love.”