About the book: 2018 / Helenka Souckova lives in a provincial Czech town in the oppressive atmosphere of the mid-1970s. The Prague Spring is over, hopes for freedom have collapsed. But Helenka is only eight, and in her world there are many other problems, big and small, seemingly funny and truly bitter. The death of a girl the same age, bad dreams, school lunches, an evil teacher, love, betrayal, a surname that gets teased about. And also the confusing and incomprehensible relationships of adults, favorite pastimes of modeling and German, dreams of Prague. A child of her time, Helenka takes everything for granted, and thanks to her story, naive and absolutely honest, we see this era without embellishment. It is very important to look at the past in such a way so as not to repeat mistakes..