Uvolivshis' s prievsheysya raboty, Tambudzay poselilas' v hostele dlya molodezhi, i perspektivy, otkryvshiesya pered ney, krayne tumanny. Ona uporno pytaetsya vystroit' svoyu zhizn', odnako za kazhdym sleduyushchim povorotom ee podzhidayut vse novye neudachi i unizheniya. CHto stanetsya, kogda surovaya real'nost' vozobladaet nad tem budushchim, k kotoromu ona stremilas'? Eto roman o tom, chto byvaet, kogda vse nadezhdy terpyat krah.
Skvoz' zhizn' i stremleniya odnoy devushki Cici Dangarembga demonstriruet sud'bu celoy nacii. Ostraya i pronzitel'naya, eta kniga ob obshchestve, budushchem i nastoyashchih udarah sud'by.
