What do we remember as adults about our childhood? Little Olya grew up in the “barracks,” as the huge stone dormitories in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, near Moscow, were called. An iron bed with shiny little bumps that you wanted to lick, soft feather beds covered with a bright patchwork blanket, a carpet with a “pop-eyed deer” on the wall and a glass chest of drawers with faience figurines that were strictly forbidden to touch - these were the main treasures of her childhood. Olga Isaeva has a brilliant talent for building interesting stories around these little things that are so dear to the heart.