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/^t/Simple as it may seem, books, letters, magazines, and even some newspaper articles help people in their lives. In most works authors describe human existence and notice human problems. They touch immortal, phylosophical issues as well as small and trivial matters. They show, for example, that sometimes it is extremely difficult for a family to take care of a handicapped child, to resist in their love and not let the child be taken to a special treatment house. We can read about broken engagements and marriages, letting down friends, financial straits of big companies and small families. We read about a single woman rearing a child, about an alcoholic father, about incest, and about death of close friends or relatives. We are often allowed by the authors to see people not only getting in trouble but also overcoming them. We can observe the protagonists finding some solution, the panacea, an exit to the light.