The book covers the Soviet and foreign periods of Lydia's work, beginning with her decision to embark on the path of the "rare and dangerous profession" of an alternative artist in 1943. The publication publishes for the first time rare photographs and letters from Lydia Masterkova to Margarita Masterkova-Tupitsyna and Viktor Agamov-Tupitsyn, written during her emigration and before the collapse of the Soviet Union.