An exciting story about a simple bright Russian woman, one of those who keep the world going. Having lived a difficult life, the heroine always believed in the all-conquering power of love and herself, as if glowing with kindness, faith, hope, without hesitation, she gave herself all to people. Great love as a well-deserved reward came to Verochka Laricheva when she had already stopped hoping ... This book is the literary basis of S. Govorukhin's film "Bless the Woman".