In the mid-eighties of the last century, the name of the charming child prodigy Polina Osetinskaya was familiar to millions throughout the USSR. Today, the famous pianist talks in her autobiographical book about her thorny life path, full of fame and disappointment, labor and humiliation, music and scandal. Those who remember Osetinskaya’s resounding successes will be shocked to learn the tragic underside of these successes, which Polina talks about with stunning frankness.