When a man and a woman are drawn to each other like a magnet, this is passion. When passion lasts for years, despite fatal circumstances, serious quarrels and long separations, this is true love. But even the greatest love cannot become the only meaning of life for strong and purposeful people. The novel covers about twenty years, during which Natalya and Boris experienced perestroika, the collapse of the Soviet Union, a change in the system and value guidelines. They fought for their place in the sun in the nightmare of the 90s, lost friends, but again raised their heads and moved on...