Don't Tell Dad! Diary of a New Russian Woman Twenty Years Later

Eлена Коліна’s long-awaited new book is a surprise wrapped in a brilliant package: on the surface—wit and lightness, laughter and love, happiness and misfortunes, family relationships and tender friendship. But when you open it, everything turns out to be serious: understanding, disappointments, hopes, losses, compassion.

Do skeletons in the closet appear for all of us as we get older? Elena Коліна’s novels have an amazing gift—they bring readers joy of recognition, understanding, and even relief: “Turns out it isn’t only me!”

The author’s perceptive eye pinpoints those invisible threads that connect us, while her unique self-irony, sincerity, and warmth provide support. Reading it feels like talking with a beloved friend: situations and dialogues resonate with us, we feel that we are being heard and understood. In the end, what unites us more strongly than difficulties and a good sense of humor?

Based on the first book of the series "Diary of a New Russian Woman." An adaptation with the same name was made by Channel One.

Listen to the audiobook version of the novel "Just Don’t Tell Dad! Diary of a New Russian Woman, Twenty Years Later" performed excitingly by actress Marina Lisovets.