Lidiya Maslova

Over the course of a late-summer's day in Moscow, Veronika, a charming if naive woman in her thirties, unwittingly embarks on a journey of self discovery as what starts out as a quest for romance leads her to some unexpected places.

Realizing that something needs to change in life, a simple girl Sasha Gvozdikova leaves Yekaterinburg for Moscow, abandoning a boring job and a married lover. She writes short stories and dreams of getting them published, but overestimates her writing talent. Together with Sasha, two of her best friends from Yekaterinburg, Katya and Alyona, live in Moscow. The plot of the story revolves around three heroines who are trying to find themselves in metropolitan life and in relationships.