Brett Bolinger seems to have it all: a well-paid job, a luxurious apartment, a handsome boyfriend. In general, there is nothing more to wish for. This well-established life ends with the death of her beloved mother, who leaves a will with one strange condition. In order to receive her inheritance, Brett must achieve all the life goals on the list that she made as a naive fourteen-year-old girl. Brett, devastated by the loss of her mother, initially finds this decision to be pointless. Now that she is thirty-four years old, her childhood dreams have long been forgotten and do not meet her current aspirations. Some goals on her children's list seem impossible to her. How, for example, can she maintain a good relationship with her father, who died seven years ago? Other goals (to become a cool teacher) require her to completely change her life. And yet, Brett, albeit reluctantly, goes in search of his childhood dreams. During this fascinating journey, she understands one simple thing: sometimes in the most unexpected circumstances, life gives us priceless gifts.