Semya Baryshevyh otpravlyaetsya v rodnoj gorod Sergeya - Gladevsk, na yubilej ottsa Sergeya, Leonida Sergeevicha. V Gladevske Sergej vstrechaetsya s drugom yunosti, YUriem Gradovym, kotoryj pri podderzhke Leonida Sergeevicha, svoego uchitelya, pogloschen politicheskimi strastyami goroda i planiruet stat merom Gladevska. Kak vsegda, gore prihodit neozhidanno - ot serdechnogo pristupa umiraet otets Barysheva. Sergej reshaet ostatsya v Gladevske i podderzhat druga YUriya Gradova. Sergej takzhe hochet prodolzhit nezavershennoe delo ottsa - prinyat aktivnoe uchastie v vozrozhdenii rodnogo goroda. A v eto vremya v Moskve Nadezhda popadaet v bolnitsu. Ona ne mozhet opravitsya posle gibeli muzha i nachala pit. Olga pomogaet podruge vozvraschatsya k zhizni, razobratsya v delah. U Nadezhdy poyavlyaetsya nadezhnyj i predannyj poklonnik. Na stroitelnoj ploschadke proishodit neschastnyj sluchaj - Baryshev padaet s lesov. Sergej zhiv, no mozhet ostatsya invalidom. Blagodarya lyubvi i terpeniyu Olgi Sergeyu udaetsya pobedit nedug. Projdya cherez novye ispytaniya, Olga, Sergej i Nadezhda vnov schastlivy. 8 Serij*