Malina Smorodina

Marina Smorodina didn’t complain about her loneliness; she tried to “befriend” it, adjust to life without a husband, and decorate it with everyday wisdom and humor. In a minibus, Marina came to the aid of a fare-dodger passenger who found himself in a difficult situation… The successful businessman Pavel Sergeyevich ended up in an unusual predicament because of a stolen car—and he saw in his rescuer not just a kind, responsive soul. Marina gladly accepted the courtship of an interesting man. But the behavior of the people around her greatly surprised her. Those who quite recently had treated Marina like she didn’t exist now saw a young woman as if through a different pair of eyes…