Maria Metlitskaya talks about ordinary people - they do not fly into space, do not shine on the stage, you will not find them on the Forbes list. Therefore, their stories are read in one breath - they could happen to us. The author lifts the curtain behind which - someone else’s life, but the reader always wants to say: “This is me.” It was me who cried at the airport, seeing off my loved one and knowing that I would never see him again. It was I, having met my first love, who realized that I could not enter this river a second time. It was I who suddenly realized that youth had quickly flown by and it was impossible to return it. And everyone will say: Metlitskaya’s heroes coped with all the trials of fate. That means I can do it, and I can handle it.