About the book: 1980 / Valentin Grigorievich Kuzmin was born in 1925. He spent his childhood and youth in Sevastopol. Then - the war: infantry school, front, hospital. Arriving in Kabardino-Balkaria in 1946, he stayed here. “My Home is Not a Fortress” is a book about the “fathers and sons” of our era, about residents of the same house, connected by common work, family ties, friendship, about acquaintances and complete strangers each other, about the relationships between them, sometimes difficult and complex, about what prevents you from better understanding loved ones, neighbors, friends and enemies, yourself, from opening hearts and doors that are sometimes so difficult to reach.