About the book: 2018 / School is behind us. End of summer. Tolya goes south to visit her parents. The days on the train are long and hot, and the nights are hectic and windy. There is little food, and someone in the carriage is always talking, shouting, laughing or crying. It would seem that you couldn’t find a worse place. But life opens up from a new angle when Tolya meets a wise companion.