The 20th century gave many reasons to think about whether man was really created in the image and likeness of God. How to preserve self-esteem, the warmth of the hearth, when chaos, darkness, horror are all around? The proposed book contains a unique recipe from the Krivoshein family. In this documentary history there is everything: prosperous childhood and youth in Russia, revolution, emigration, return to the Soviet Union, camps, prisons, and - an almost unrealistic "dowry," "fourth third" - a new departure to France in the 70s of the last century. Despite all the trials, the short stories managed not to change their fate, to remain human. And this is the main thing.