A book about how difficult it is to be a child and, at the same time, excitingly interesting! About how life and fate mold a child into a non-standard personality. The fact that in childhood there are no trifles, and the tiniest event can be the “key” to many mysteries of the adult soul... The action in the story takes place simultaneously in two times - past and present. The main character of the story, already an adult woman, goes with her teenage daughter to the city of her childhood - Orenburg. And it turns out that Childhood has not gone anywhere, it is not in the past, it is here in a mystical way... The story is written in bright, figurative language, the funny and sad on these pages are side by side. The book is addressed to all caring parents. And also - psychologists dealing with childhood problems. And to the teenagers themselves.