The creative style of the famous prose writer and poet Inna Anatolyevna Goff (1928–1991) is characterized by the accuracy of psychological drawing, a sense of humor, unusualness and spontaneity of view. Her books contain lively, memorable characters, especially women. The author penetrates deeply into the emotional world of her heroines, recreating it to the smallest shades. The stories included in the book are about saying goodbye to childhood, entering student life, about true friends and first love; about trust, about the search for mutual understanding between parents and their grown-up children; about farewells, letters, sorrows and hopes.