It must remain alive. Nikolskaya L. d

The story of Lyudmila Nikolskaya talks about several days in the life of a Maya girl. But what are these days! The winter of 1941, in the blockade Leningrad, cold, hunger, death and meanness reign. And Maya is only 11 years old, and she remains a child even in this monstrous time. Lyudmila Nikolskaya, who herself survived the blockade, writes primarily about life, no matter how terrible she is. Maya argues with her mother, laughs with a neighbor boy, warms the homeless kitten, cares about neighbors and continues to live with all his might.