About the book: 1981 / Selected chapters from the popular trilogy of the classic of Latvian literature. The writer talks about the difficult life of the peasants of old Latvia and gives vivid pictures of people's life. At the center of the story is the daughter of a farm laborer, a gifted girl striving for knowledge. Sensitivity and sensitivity help her to comprehend the moral and ethical foundations of life at an early age. The book is deeply poetic, it is imbued with a sublime love for the native land, its nature and people.