"Elena Kolina, luchshiĭ pisatelʹ sredi psikhologov i luchshiĭ psikholog sredi pisateleĭ. Ee firmennyĭ stilʹ - neobychaĭnai͡a iskrennostʹ, tonkiĭ psikhologizm i porazitelʹnoe ostroumie. Pered vami zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ triptikh, polnyĭ dramaticheskikh sobytiĭ i neozhidannykh povorotov, o zhizni neskolʹkikh semeĭ, zhivushchikh v znamenitom piterskom Tolstovskom dome. Ėta kniga ob ikh zhizni, polnoĭ razocharovaniĭ i ocharovaniĭ, kotoroĭ zhivem my, vsë nashe pokolenie, poslednie desi͡atiletii͡a."-- Provided by publisher.