A warm and nostalgic coming-of-age novel set during the Perestroika era.
— A book about hope, overcoming challenges, and a childhood spent during a time of great change.
— A story about those who were Little Octobrists but never became Young Pioneers.
— The first foreign cars, cooperative cafes, Kashpirovsky’s television sessions, and the ringing of the number 26 tram outside the window…
Moscow, the second half of the eighties: queues, rallies, cooperatives, and glasnost. The narrative centers on five children living in the Southwestern District of Moscow and their parents—researchers, engineers, a philologist, a party official, and a local pediatrician. As the boys and girls go to music school, read voraciously, fall in love, get sick, rebel, and make and lose friends, the country changes beyond recognition in just a few short years. The familiar world crumbles, and it falls to the characters to build a new one.
Maria Danilova’s new novel is a warm, nostalgic story about growing up during the Perestroika era, about awakening, hope, overcoming, and finding freedom.
Author: Maria Danilova
Pages: 352 (typographical). Hardcover
Dimensions: 136x205 mm
