Barefoot at the Edge of the Sea

Everyone agrees that Zhenya Pchelinteva is beautiful, smart, and talented, but her character is simply awful—she is far too decisive, categorical, impulsive, and blunt with her tongue. Because of that, the student Pchelinteva is constantly at war with the youngest professor, Vadim Surzhikov, and nearly gets expelled from the university. True, later she gets the job of her dreams precisely on Surzhikov’s recommendation, and a little later, after years of conflict between the student and the professor, it ends in a wild romance… But is there any future for a relationship that began in opposition? Or is it better not to fight each other, but to fight on the same side? Zhenya’s happiness is very close—just reach out your hand—though this former top student won’t manage it without a hint…