Linden Wife

The families depicted by Dina Rubina are far from ideal. Just like everyone else. A single mother raising a son; a "weekend" dad; a brother and sister whose father leaves home in search of new love… Everywhere there are "character flaws," and all around are "pinches, pokes, and tickles," "nagging and bickering"… It is no coincidence that the boy, a character in the story "Thornbush," declares to his eternally busy mother: "I will find myself another woman!" But at the same time, Dina Rubina is an exceptional master in depicting familial love and its creative power. Parental love can dissolve stones, melt ice, and warm from beyond the grave. There is nothing more significant than this "Great Brotherhood of Nurturers"!