He and she grew up and met each other in Leningrad. Raised from childhood for life in the Soviet country, they proved completely unprepared for the perestroika they found themselves facing in the nineties. Not only factories collapsed, but also the very notions of what is good and what is bad. The new psychology tore apart the heroes’ relationships. In adulthood, she meets a new love—one that saves all the values planted in childhood.