Alyanura Tretyakova

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A fictional almanac consisting of three tough and extremely realistic novels, united by the general theme of survival and growing up of difficult teenage girls.

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Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.

Alla devoted most of her life to her ex-husbands, son and daughter. She works as a tutor while continuing to support her adult children and husbands. Relatives come to her for lunch every day, not at all interested in Alla herself. In one of these family dinners, choking on potatoes, Alla almost dies, but "relatives" do not even notice this.

After a series of life troubles Anya decides to completely change her life. She takes out a dusty bicycle, puts her dachshund Kapa in the trailer and sets o! to the most remote town in Russia to reconcile with her mother whom she has not been in touch with for 13 years. A resident of big city, Anya is not tough enough for a 10,000-kilometer road, injured feet, dangers and trials. Will she be able to cope with the di"iculties that a long road full of incredible meetings and amazing landscapes has prepared for her?

Alina, a theater student, has difficulty studying, loses feelings for her boyfriend and takes antipsychotics. In order to finally understand herself, she goes through the entire hierarchy of help: a psychotherapist, a fortune teller, and even disappearance from the face of the earth. But when Alina sinks to the very bottom, she suddenly finds a way out of the situation.