"A woman in her eighties takes hold of me [...] Her smile overflows with kindness. Impossible to resist these blue irises... I follow her to the window of the mansion, which allows one to admire the illuminated Moscow.
"Do you want me to show you the most beautiful book in the world?"
"Me, who still held onto the hope of writing it myself, you come to tell me that it's too late? You're killing me. Are you sure? The most beautiful book in the world?"
"Yes. Even if others can write beautifully, this is the most beautiful."

Eight narratives, eight women, eight love stories. From the saleswoman to the ruthless billionaire, from the blasé thirty-year-old to the mysterious barefoot princess, passing through conflicting spouses, timid lovers, and mothers who deprived them of their daughters, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt creates a tender gallery of everyday (and therefore unique) heroines, who seek their own happiness.