Odessa residents are true optimists. What? – always under supervision, always fed and treated kindly, because their city itself is their mother! Odessa-mama is full of emotions and charm, and its inhabitants seem cheerful, like children. And their dialect is special, anecdotal, common noun. And they have jokes for all periods and all occasions. Just imagine that you find yourself at a flea market, and there they are already shouting: “People, have a conscience, buy at least something!” Or you get on a minibus and ask: “Will I get to Privoz?” And they answer you: “What, were cases - didn’t make it?! Or on the tram you suddenly ask yourself a question: “Will I get to the station by this route?” And they will ask you sympathetically: “Are you already so tired of Odessa that you are going to the station? Do you understand now that Odessa is Mom is defined not by time or history, but by humor. It’s not for nothing that the city hosts the iconic show “Humorina” every year. Yes, better than any “Humor” is the new book by Rivka Apostol-Rabinovich. Buy it, you won’t regret it! – It’s as if you lived like that, so poor!