Plot revolves around the post-war decades and tells about the fate of former participants of the Great Patriotic War - Vera Boglyuk, Nina Verkhovskaya, Dusya Koroleva, Zina Skvortsova and Natasha Druzhinina.
About the fate of Natasha, or rather, Natalia Semenovna Druzhinina, a successful and domineering woman. The action takes place in the early 1980s. Having left a high post in the ministry, she, guided by ambitious plans, leaves for the position of director of a new school, hoping to create an exemplary model of public education. However, Natalia Semenovna's plan failed, leaving her with no hope for the future..