As everyone knows, a woman can set a man on his feet—or knock down even the strongest man. And again, only another woman will help him rise—sometimes not a brand-new beloved, but a close and familiar one, habitual and unexpected: his mother. Polina Sergeevna created comfort and happiness around her, but one day her family turned from heaven into hell. All because of a person who settled in their home both legally and humiliatingly—schoolboy son married a long-overdue empty-headed girl. She didn’t stay in their family; she flitted away, leaving behind an infant. But a mother always returns to her child, even if her place has been occupied for ten years already. And now Polina Sergeevna has to save the family she raised with such effort…