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We all grow old. When you were busy working when you were young, did you understand your parents' weird tempers? When you get older and worry about your health, do you accept your new self? Bernard Pivot tells the story of the life of an octogenarian through his protagonist Guillaume Jules. Before his retirement, Guillaume was the editor-in-chief and owner of a French publishing house. After his retirement, he bid farewell to his busy life and became one of the "young Parisians in their prime years." They travel and chat together, fight mental decline and complain about illness together. Guillaume fell in love with Manon, who was 18 years younger than him, but still lived alone; Septu was about to marry Raphael, but died of the new coronavirus; the Gailmilons always bickered and quarreled, but the Blazic couple were gentle, quiet and cautious; Nona, who was in her nineties, was the spiritual leader of the team - elegant, wise and quirky. The happiness of small groups, the panic of information islands, the joy of childhood memories, the intoxication of slow life... Through diary-like friendly, relaxed and humorous words, the author presents the optimism and wisdom of old age. Although he is over eighty, life goes on...