“Cuckoo's Tears” is a collection of stories and short stories by Sofia Nikitina, where the author offers the reader almost fictional stories about life, love, friendship and the complex vicissitudes of human destinies. How do we live? Who and why do we love? Who are we to our children? What is most important for a person? Love? Career? Wealth? How to get out of the trap of life's failures? The theme of love is eternal: the love of a mother for her child, a husband for his wife, and children for their parents. Life gives paradoxical and unexpected answers to our questions, which sometimes we have to look for all our lives... The author’s deep penetration into the psychology of his characters will not only attract the reader’s attention, but will also revive memories of the times of small courtyards that have passed into history, living their own, unique life.