The story begins unfolding in 1940 in a small town in the Urals. Only a year of peaceful life remains. Young librarian Yанina can see the future and already lives through the coming war in her mind, though she doesn’t consider herself allowed to tell anyone. A year later, evacuated factories and workers will stream into their town; they will have to endure hunger, cold, and one of the most severe floods. All this will come—and for now… a whole year of peaceful life.