Margarita Lobko

The happy days of the first love of eighth graders dimmed when they learned that Nadina's mother and Serezha's recently widowed father were going to live together. The youthful maximalism of adolescents hurts parents.

Georgy, who unsuccessfully tried to enter the conservatory twice and was left without family support, ran away from a prestigious job, not knowing how to live, and soon received a draft notice for the army.