The history of the Hvorostovsky-Teterin-Weber family is unique and at the same time very characteristic of Russia. How many trials have befallen the heroes! Change of places - Germany, the Volga region, Siberia, Kyrgyzstan and again Siberia | mixing of blood - German, Russian, Tatar, Polish | large-scale historical events - the collapse of the Russian Empire, the revolution, the Civil War and two world wars ... Before us is a real family saga, colorful and bright, extended in time and space.The first part of the book contains stories from older relatives of Lyudmila Petrovna Hvorostovskaya about life before and after the revolution - a difficult, stormy life, full of passions.The main part of the story is the memoirs of Lyudmila Petrovna. Military childhood, youth that came during the "thaw", meeting her future husband - Alexander Hvorostovsky, marriage and the birth of his son Dmitry, childhood and adolescence. We see what role music played in the life of Lyudmila and Alexander and how it influenced the formation of the life path of Dmitry Hvorostovsky.The theme of family continuity is best expressed by the words of Maria Nikolaevna Weber-Maximova, the singer’s grandmother: “He sings so dramatic and reverent, because all our suffering was inherited by him. In life, nothing happens by chance - everything is predetermined and played like on a record.