"Revengeful Sadness" by Anna Berseneva—author of delicate psychological prose—is the second part of the trilogy from which the TV series "The Weaknesses of a Strong Woman" was made.
Lera Vologdina is an adult independent girl. By thirty, she managed to set up a travel agency, give birth to a daughter who is now five, marry the man she loves, and become pregnant with their second child. Everything in her soul belongs to the famous conductor and violinist Mitya. That’s how fairy tales usually end—with a happy wedding, right? But in real life, everything is completely different. So much of Mitya’s life is his own, separate, and incomprehensible to Lera… He loves her, but why is he so terribly afraid that he will take it and disappear? Earlier she didn’t know how мучительно—how torturous—jealousy can be, how destructive its power is, and how difficult it is to fight for happiness that, it seemed, was already in your hands.