One of the main “heroes” of the novel is time. It powerfully changes human destinies and street names, turning over generations like the pages of a book. Time arbitrarily controls the fate of the main character, Irina. She gave birth to two children, but raised and raised three. A crystal honest person, she almost ends up in prison... When Irina returns to her hometown after the war, it appears as wounded as her own life. Children grow up and no longer remember what she knows and remembers. Or don't want to remember? “But this means that grandchildren will never know about the past: it slips away, leaving no trace in reality, but continues to live in memories, dreams and conversations with those who no longer exist. The only way to stop a moment is to remember it and pass this memory on to a person of another time, a new generation. The book continues the story of the Ivanov family - the children of the same old people who were described in the author’s first book (“Once upon a time there were an old man and an old woman”).* * *The first edition of the novel was published in 2009 by the publishing house M-Graphics (Boston, USA) .