Tatyana Virta, the daughter of the famous Soviet writer Nikolai Virta, lived all her childhood and youth in Peredelkino. This is not just a famous summer cottage. This village, which has a special way of life and philosophy, was at one time the real cultural capital of the USSR. It was there that those who were the cultural elite of the country truly revealed themselves. Chukovsky, Kassil, Fadeev and many, many others. Sweet habits, evening gatherings, difficult human relationships, love dramas, dizzying ups and broken destinies - Tatyana Virta describes the life of the greats very simply, in a neighborly way, which gives the memoirs extraordinary charm and sincerity. War and evacuation through the eyes of a girl; terrible, but very bright years through the eyes of a teenager... An entire era passed through a dacha village near Moscow. The everyday history of a country is always the most interesting and truthful.