In youth, even the smallest troubles seem like a universal tragedy. In adulthood, wisdom comes, and you begin to understand that disappointment will surely be replaced by hope, and after loss comes recovery.
The heroines of Metlitskaya’s new novel know firsthand that life is never only unhappy or only happy. Meetings and wild romances, betrayal and separation, the birth of children and the loss of loved ones—seems, their lives don’t differ much from the lives of ordinary women. But they have something that is rarely found—true friendship—and they know for sure: everything will change, everything will grind through, everything can be dealt with. The main thing is to have close people nearby…