This book is recollections of a Russian emigrant about some the most memorable events related to the author's personal and family matters, and it is written in a form of separate life stories in chronological order. The author recalls some interesting episodes of his childhood in Siberia, his school years in Odessa, his marriage, and others. He narrates about his parents, some family and personal events, and he devotes a few pages to the family pet. With a smile, he describes hilarious incidents that happened to him, pranks and habits of his children, some of their school "adventures," and events of his adult life in Russia. The author liked to travel and hike. He tells some funny and not-so-funny stories of those travels. His life stories are humorous and serious, joyous and gloomy, comical and tragic. What these stories have in common is that they are true and reflect the life in the USSR; all of them made an impression on the author and are engraved in his memory.
