About the book: 1964 / There were five of them, five different characters, five friends, whose friendship, having begun at school, then continued to live for many years. And so they grew up , former romantics, dreamers, inventors. And a real, big life opened up before them, and their destinies turned out differently. In this short story, the author seeks to convey the character of the generation, those very boys and girls who, during the Great Patriotic War, right from school, joined the ranks of the Soviet Army and defended their homeland from the fascist invaders.