About the book: 2016 / In his declining years, priest John Ames tells the story of the family, which spanned the entire nineteenth and half of the twentieth century, to his seven-year-old son - a child who stands at the door in new world. Ames understands that he will not see him grow up and will not be able to support him when fate begins to send him trials, but the belief that the main thing in this life is always unchanged serves as support for himself. And with this faith, he writes to his son and tells him a story of perseverance, love and hope, designed to give wise advice, protect - and wish him a good journey.