After many hardships, Soňa Bauerová cannot wait for the moment when she will hold her long-awaited son in her arms. However, after returning from the maternity hospital, love for the newborn is replaced by coldness, disinterest and fear. A new mother does not cope with her task and ends up in a psychiatric hospital under dramatic circumstances. The terrifying diagnosis, which hovers over her like a specter, has a violent impact on her family. The perfect illusion of a harmonious marriage collapses when Miro Bauer trades a quiet life for a life on the edge. Before he steps on his luck, his sister-in-law Sonia is slowly finding her way to her son, but she feels like a prisoner in her own house. The tense situation is stirred up even more by the arrival of a babysitter who has her own plans... I Don't Want to Hear Your Cry is a socio-psychological novel inspired by real events. In it, the author points out the psychological experience and complex changes in the behavior of women suffering from postpartum depression. Analyzes the complicated course of mental illness from diagnosis to recovery.