ANOTHER CHILDHOOD is a novel about a homosexual teenager growing up in conditions of misunderstanding of loved ones, loneliness and the inability to share his experiences with anyone. We watch the development of his character, from the age of eight to his senior year. Difficulties in relationships with his mother and friends, first love - ordinary teenage problems are complicated by his difference from others. He will have to sacrifice a lot before he can break out of the narrow Leningrad society to another life, in which there is hope for understanding. MOTHER - a look at the same topic from the other side, a confession of a mother who learned about the orientation of her teenage son. The inability to understand, the desire to insist on one’s own, to change the nature of the child, even to the detriment of himself, lead to tragedy.