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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def loads(astring):
 """Decompress and deserialize string into a Python object via pickle."""

        try:
            return pickle.loads(lzma.decompress(astring))
        except lzma.LZMAError as e:
            raise SerializerError(
                'Cannot decompress object ("{}")'.format(str(e))
            )
        except pickle.UnpicklingError as e:
            raise SerializerError(
                'Cannot restore object ("{}")'.format(str(e))
            )