About the book: 2019 / Many of those who were lucky enough to read this amazing story by Marianna Goncharova about Liza Bernadskaya before you say that they cried more than once above her. But these were not tears of pity, although life is indeed not always fair to Lisa. Most likely, these are those cleansing tears that happen from the happiness of mutual understanding, sympathy, tenderness, and love. Lisa has such warm magic in her soul, such true openness and friendliness, that during her struggle with the disease she changes the lives of everyone around her. In the story, of course, there is first love, and jealousy, and the envy of friends, and intrigue, and suddenly the happiest feeling of freedom that flares up in young souls. But Goncharova’s prose evokes not only tears, but also uncontrollable laughter in readers. You will want to read almost every story from the second part of this collection out loud to your loved ones. And you will do it - while laughing, choking on words, for some reason becoming happier…