Andrey Sorokin

Three short stories – "Irina", "Mitya", "Seryozha" – are three days from the life of a modern business woman, her adult son and her grandson, whose existence the father and grandmother find out only five years after his birth.

In the last five years 62,000 Russian children have been abducted, taken out of the country and sold.THIS HARD-HITTING DRAMA is the remarkable story of one of these children. The lucky ones are adopted by rich families in the West. Others are sold into a life of prostitution, drugs or crime. But many are murdered so their organs can be sold on the black market, often with the collusion of the Russian police.

Marina, a beautiful and talented professor's daughter, drags out a miserable existence. After the death of her father, she threw all her strength into helping her married lover Yuri to advance in the service. And after becoming dean, Yuri, in order to avoid gossip, left Marina as a laboratory assistant.

Danila is sixteen. Katya is twice his age. He spends hours watching her from an old shed on the forest. He does not even think about trying to be with her until Danila's father shows up on Katya's doorstep in an attempt to run away from his avalanching problems. Father and son are drawn into turmoil of events where neighbor turns against neighbor, dividing the community, and pushing everyone`s life towards a disaster.

Zhenya, simple and extremely good girl, living in a hostel, and works as a trolley bus driver. The main thing in life for her - to help people. She replaces colleagues at work, free lodges in her former teacher and gives hardly known girl her unique dress. Three friends make fun of her behind her back and are confident that her personal life does not shine. But Zhenya's inexhaustible optimism continues to believe that her trolley bus is traveling on the happy path. And once in her life comes a miracle.

The ordinary life of an ordinary family from the province: a couple, 2 children, a dog and neighbors. Dasha is a housewife who loves to watch TV shows and go shopping. Her husband, Gena, is a shoe store manager, likes to hang around in the garage and watch football with friends. Their daughter Sveta is a student of high school, changes the guys every week. And their son Roma is playing computer thew whole day and intrigues sister. Bukins quarrel at least once a day - so they have fun. They have been together for 16 years and still love each other. This is the happiest family in the world.