Dying, grandfather Jacob asks her granddaughter Liza to find a notebook in leather binding. By examining his papers, the girl learns that the fate of her ancestors is wonderfully intertwined with the history of Russia and the feat of the sisters of mercy. From the distant past, love and sacrifice will sanctify the life of our contemporaries and help her make the most important choice in life."No matter how much we read the biographies of Saints Juliana the Merciful, Tsarina Alexandra, Elizabeth Feodorovna, Gerontissa of Gavrilia, this opens up the opportunity to learn other, previously unknown facts of the ministry of ascetics and their environment ... age nor adults. This is the most ideal version of family reading "- from the review on the website Mercy.ru.