About the book: 2012 / At the age of forty, start life from scratch... What is this - an illusion or reality? Maria Klimova challenges fate, leaving her beloved husband, a rich house , his usual life, and goes to a remote “bear corner”, trying to escape from himself. And she immediately finds herself in the field of view of the “owner” of the tiny town, who takes the capital fugitive under his protection. But absolute freedom is unattainable, and having received a job as a singer in a local restaurant, Marusya realizes that she has become the object of the love interest of her patron, who is trying to earn her favor by hook or by crook. Months spent in an unfamiliar world force her to reconsider her attitude towards the past and fall in love with a clumsy admirer, so similar to her ex-husband Dimka. Their romance, long held back by her doubts, begins to develop rapidly. But cloudless happiness can be shattered at any moment by the intrigues of envious people and mutual misunderstanding. And then, to add to all the troubles, Dmitry Klimov comes to the town, and for Marusya the time comes again to make a choice…