Lizochka's Happiness

During Soviet times, the books of Lydia Alekseevna Charskaya were not published, and the works of the once famous Russian writer were consigned to oblivion for a long time. Her books began to be released in Russia only in the late 1990s and found their readers. After all, all of them are about kindness and love for one’s neighbor, compassion and selflessness, responsiveness and kindness toward people—about those human qualities that are in demand at all times.

The story “Lizoсhka’s Happiness” is no exception.

A serious illness of Liza’s mother brings the little Liza to despair—the family’s money is running out. A chance meeting with the owner of a theater turns the girl’s life upside down: she ends up in a children’s troupe, where her natural talent becomes apparent. The young actress will have to go through many trials before she achieves success and meets her recovered mother.