Unfictitious history. Train nurse from a province Света experiences a divorce and one brings up a son Ваню. Who would think, that one fine day her dim life will look like the plot of foreign novel? Once Света with a son get on a bathing-place. A casual acquaintance with German inverts their life from feet to the head. Leopold first in life arrives to Russia and, outliving quite a bit adventures, Светушку takes away with Ванечкой to to itself. To become the wife of western burgher - it is possible only to dream about such! At least, Света thought so. Reality appeared where more hard. Time comes, when a heroine does not present how she must be farther...