About the book: 1991 / The book "A Study from Life" includes the stories "Late Apples", "If Andersen Knew...", "The Lonely Cry of a Child" . This is a story about love, about the great devotion of a woman who is ready to go to any hardship for the sake of a loved one. Not all heroes are worthy of happiness. Some doom themselves to loneliness. Having realized the loss, they bitterly repent. The revelation of characters is combined with the truth of life, the subtlety of penetration into the human soul. Designed for the general reader.