Moscow, the second half of the eighties: queues, rallies, cooperatives, glasnost. The story centers on five children living in the South-West district of Moscow and their parents - researchers, engineers, a philologist, a nomenklatura worker, a local pediatrician. While the boys and girls go to music school, read voraciously, fall in love, get sick, rebel, make and lose friends, in just a few years the country changes beyond recognition. The familiar world collapses, and the heroes have 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
Publisher: AST
Year: 2025
ISBN: 978-5-17-169938-3
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 3x13.5x20.5 cm
Cover type: hardcover