The heroine of the novel, Inna, is smart, strong, proud and very independent. She, without hesitation, left her husband, who had become rich, when he began to tell her how to live, and drove off to America, where she got a job in a library, heading the department of literature in Russian. Inna also practices karate. But there’s no time to clean the house, I’m still unlucky on the personal front, the library building is about to collapse on the readers’ heads, and in addition, Inna witnessed the death of a man, as a result of which she accidentally took possession of secret information that the deceased was trying to convey to someone and which is of interest very, very many... “The book is a bright and original attempt at an ironic understanding of American reality, perceived through the eyes of a Russian woman. Reading it like telling the truth is easy and enjoyable. Firstly, because it's funny. Secondly, because it is not evil (and this is now worth a lot in our Russian-language literature!) And thirdly, because the situations described are painfully recognizable and very relevant for many of us. The author meticulously describes the customs of the aborigines, the customs of our newly arrived compatriots, and the realities of someone else’s and sometimes alien life, which you must make your own and not go crazy.” Staff of the Glendale Library, Colorado...