The heroine of this novel, a rich but ugly young woman, seems doomed to wander along the sidelines of life, envying the happiness of her peers, to whom nature turned out to be more favorable. However, she finds the strength to challenge fate and wins. The husband's hatred, the intrigues of ill-wishers, a staged car accident, plastic surgery, finally - all this remains in the past, like a nightmare. A New Woman is born, to whom self-confidence, zest for life, success and love come.