Memories of childhood spent in a Ukrainian village. Reflections on the path traveled in science and on the creative path in literature. A story about a front-line father and a mother, about a happy marriage, about friends and girlfriends - in general about the values without which a person cannot live. The book is interesting in the details of that era, which formed the core of the twentieth century, written in a sincere, confidential tone, with vivid imagery language.