This is the fourth book by Lyudmila Salagaeva. It includes stories and novellas. Most of the works are published for the first time. And only a few stories dear to the author from previous books have been revised and included in the new edition. The writer’s whole life is connected with the search for extraordinary destinies, the ability of people to appreciate life, to find happiness in the simplest things (“Golden luck is when a special rise of thought makes it possible to see the beauty of life.” V. Pelevin. “Chapaev and Emptiness”) Work in journalism : on radio and television, in newspapers and magazines, numerous trips around the country provided an abundance of valuable material about the survival of the common man in the post-war period. This is how the writer’s baggage accumulated, which served as material for a new book.