“I'm glad, almost happy...” is a book for those who, tired of the stuffiness of the metropolis with its concrete roads and career ladders, yearn for sincerity and beauty. The novel is dedicated to our contemporaries who did not accept the consumer value system and remained on the side of humanity and kindness. The main character, Ivan, a young man gifted with spiritual sensitivity, defends his independence from the template. Without disputes and struggle, with his very life, he strives to preserve the right not to participate in the Vanity. His calling is compassionate sympathy for people, animals, nature, and the little things in life. However, by the standards of society, he is a loser who missed all the trains. Even the closest people demand that he reassess his values... Lack of kindness is the problem of today's literature. In Olga Pokrovskaya’s book, there is kindness, as well as an aching feeling of love for the world with its imperfections, and a dramatic search for harmony. The author’s fresh, poetic language allows the reader to completely dissolve in the world of the novel - to feel the aroma of coffee and toast, feel wet snow on the cheeks and be stunned freeze with the hero before the first spring thaw.