"V t͡sentre povestvovanii͡a ėtoĭ, podchas shokirui͡ushcheĭ, rezkoĭ i bolevoĭ knigi -- Zhenshchina. Geroini͡a, v i͡unosti -- parashi͡utistka i pilot vozdushnogo shara, perezhiv lichnui͡u tragedii͡u, vynuzhdena zani͡atʹsi͡a sovsem inym delom v drugoĭ strane, mozhno skazatʹ, v zazerkalʹe: ona kosmetolog, zhivet i rabotaet v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke. T͡Selai͡a verenit͡sa strannykh personazheĭ prokhodit pered ee glazami, ibo, po rodu svoeĭ nyneshneĭ professii, geroini͡a stalkivaetsi͡a s fantasticheskimi, na segodni͡ashniĭ denʹ pochti obydennymi "gendernymi perevertyshami", s obeskurazhivai͡ushchimi, a to i ottalkivai͡ushchimi kartinkami zhizni obshchestva. I, kak ni stranno, iz ėtoĭ girli͡andy, po vyrazhenii͡u geroini, "kalek" vyrastaet groteskovyĭ, tragicheskiĭ, nichtozhnyĭ i vysokiĭ obraz sovremennoĭ li͡ubvi"--Cover.

The heroine, in her youth, was a paratrooper and a balloon pilot. After experiencing a personal tragedy, she is forced to do something completely different in another country: she is a cosmetologist, and lives and works in New York and finds new challenges and thrills.