Boys do not cry

Few people know how to express their feelings, and this is not very accepted in our culture. Even a person who walks along the street and smiles for no apparent reason most often causes disapproval.
Parents and grandmother, of course, love Lesha. Frighten from bad influence. In addition to the school, he goes to music, to chess and in the art studio. Close only wish him only good. But for some reason they behave with Lesha so that once he decides to just leave the house where they look ...
Irina Myshkova"s debut story entered the short list of the literary contest "Booker". She managed to surprisely accurately reflect the inner world of a teenager who has no free time, no friends, and his relatives who are not able to demonstrate love and support, and show the path from hopelessness and longing to recognition of their mistakes and the ability to fix them.
For secondary and senior school age