Anti-war prose. The author lives in Sweden. It's nonfiction; it's a book about finding your place in the world, a book of reflection. In it, the events of recent decades, the upheavals and historical tragedies of the early 21st century affect the life of one family in one way or another. The author openly shares her experience of adapting to Sweden, brilliantly noticing the difference between Europe and Russia, talks about the mental characteristics of the Swedes, as well as how she got used to them, gradually integrating into a new society. In the book, the metamorphoses of personality caused by emigration and cultural differences are multiplied by the pain of the experiences associated with the tragedy of the historical choice of his native country. The tuning fork of the book becomes for the author the drama of the break with the Russian side of her soul.