V geriatricheskom otdelenii bol'nicy v prigorode Parizha umiraet pozhilaya zhenshchina s bolezn'yu Al'cgeymera. Ee doch', pisatel'nica Anni Erno, pytayas' spravit'sya s utratoy, prinimaetsya za novuyu knigu, v kotoroy razvorachivaetsya istoriya odnoy chelovecheskoy sud'by — zhenshchiny, rodivsheysya v bednoy normandskoy sem'e eshche do Pervoy mirovoy voyny i vsyu zhizn' stremivsheysya preodolet' g...