The ABCs of Love
11 hrs. 3 min.
Description
A realistic domestic novella in the form of a blog diary. A middle-aged woman with a touch of self-irony describes her meeting with her future spouse, the nuances of family life, methods of raising and teaching a difficult child, and shares her worries, doubts, dreams— with subtle humor she also depicts women’s age crises and ways to survive quarantine. She tells engagingly about the books she’s read and her personal literary experience.
“Right now I imagined that I spent good half of my life doing a kind of editing. I wanted to change the body, toughen the character, tune relations with people, polish family life, correct my unwise daughter… there was so much I wanted, to tell the truth. Sometimes despair would roll over me, my hands would drop, I buzzed around all day like a bee, and you can’t see the result—or it turns out to be too small, just tiny beads. I understand that editing life is much harder—so tightly it’s intertwined with other personalities, so directly it depends on politics and nature. But I don’t give up. Sometimes I even envy my invented Tina. Her creator is kind, and that’s why in the end everything will definitely be fine. No matter what obstacles appear along the way, there will also be strength to overcome them. And if you imagine that all of us are people—also characters in one grand many-volume epic… What a scale! What an author’s fantasy! We run in circles, fuss, get angry and feel offended, and above us there’s already a planned course—who to give what, who will get patted on the head, who will have bread with butter spread thick. Every author loves their characters. Even the villain she writes carefully—she might not sleep at night, otherwise readers won’t believe he’s a villain. And if in the book a good person suffers, then there’s a reason for it. Maybe in the last chapter they’re lucky—and we don’t even know it. We write, we’re written… ‘Everyone will have their own ABC of love.’”
“Right now I imagined that I spent good half of my life doing a kind of editing. I wanted to change the body, toughen the character, tune relations with people, polish family life, correct my unwise daughter… there was so much I wanted, to tell the truth. Sometimes despair would roll over me, my hands would drop, I buzzed around all day like a bee, and you can’t see the result—or it turns out to be too small, just tiny beads. I understand that editing life is much harder—so tightly it’s intertwined with other personalities, so directly it depends on politics and nature. But I don’t give up. Sometimes I even envy my invented Tina. Her creator is kind, and that’s why in the end everything will definitely be fine. No matter what obstacles appear along the way, there will also be strength to overcome them. And if you imagine that all of us are people—also characters in one grand many-volume epic… What a scale! What an author’s fantasy! We run in circles, fuss, get angry and feel offended, and above us there’s already a planned course—who to give what, who will get patted on the head, who will have bread with butter spread thick. Every author loves their characters. Even the villain she writes carefully—she might not sleep at night, otherwise readers won’t believe he’s a villain. And if in the book a good person suffers, then there’s a reason for it. Maybe in the last chapter they’re lucky—and we don’t even know it. We write, we’re written… ‘Everyone will have their own ABC of love.’”
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Азбука любви - 0 - Часть I. Коля Зайцев. Глава 1. Антонина
17:57
Азбука любви - 1 - Глава 2. Душевная встреча
14:03
Азбука любви - 2 - Глава 3. Лесник из Козловки
13:08
Азбука любви - 3 - Глава 4. «Кролики-лоси!»
13:35
Азбука любви - 4 - Глава 5. Тщательное планирование
13:09
Азбука любви - 5 - Глава 6. Холостяцкий терем
11:49
Азбука любви - 6 - Глава 7. Интересный поворот
17:40
Азбука любви - 7 - Глава 8. Приятные перемены
07:12
Азбука любви - 8 - Глава 9. Знакомство с новой родней
18:26
Азбука любви - 9 - Глава 10. Тревоги и мечты
12:30
Азбука любви - 10 - Глава 11. Семейные будни
13:28
Азбука любви - 11 - Глава 12. Вредный ребенок
11:37
Азбука любви - 12 - Глава 13. Чудесные бабушки
19:11
Азбука любви - 13 - Глава 14. Домострой во всей красе
18:12
Азбука любви - 14 - Часть II. Алиса. Глава 1. В школу
11:08
Азбука любви - 15 - Глава 2. Волшебное перышко
17:32
Азбука любви - 16 - Глава 3. Возвращение
20:49
Азбука любви - 17 - Глава 4. Сказка для Алисы
26:03
Азбука любви - 18 - Глава 5. Восемь лет. Новые трудности
09:11
Азбука любви - 19 - Глава 6. Високосный год
16:57
Азбука любви - 20 - Глава 7. Тревожное время
11:36
Азбука любви - 21 - Глава 8. «Новопассит» и прочие радости
17:28
Азбука любви - 22 - Глава 9. Весеннее обострение
08:24
Азбука любви - 23 - Глава 10. По дороге в город
20:44
Азбука любви - 24 - Глава 11. Маленькая жизнь
20:54
Азбука любви - 25 - Часть III. Наши девчонки. Глава 1. Зеленая метка и блин-морра
18:35
Азбука любви - 26 - Глава 2. Чайная церемония
14:15
Азбука любви - 27 - Глава 3. «Кукла – мама, не плачь!»
21:19
Азбука любви - 28 - Глава 4. Каникулы в ноябре
12:48
Азбука любви - 29 - Глава 5. Рукодельницы
09:52
Азбука любви - 30 - Глава 6. Козловские страсти
13:55
Азбука любви - 31 - Глава 7. Где живет Маугли_
13:24
Азбука любви - 32 - Глава 8. Маленькая победа
21:04
Азбука любви - 33 - Глава 9. Утраты
24:20
Азбука любви - 34 - Глава 10. Отзыв авторитетный, критический
23:21
Азбука любви - 35 - Глава 11. Люба и шахматы
15:31
Азбука любви - 36 - Глава 12. Многодетный папаша Зевс и эра торшера
20:46
Азбука любви - 37 - Глава 13. Сочинение на заданную тему
20:06
Азбука любви - 38 - Глава 14. Ракушка на скале
12:48
Азбука любви - 39 - Глава 15. Заново открываю Америку
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Азбука любви - 40 - Глава 16. Я пишу книгу
