Jo just lost the love of his life. He can't breathe. And laugh. He can't even eat. Without Lou, everything is not a joy for him, even his beloved island, on which they settled after marriage and lived their whole lives. After all, Lou was this life. And now she's gone. But even on that side she is trying to stir him up, and what can she stir him up - to complicate his lot as a widower to the limit. In her will, Lou declared that her husband was a traitor, but he could atone for his wrongdoing by doing... Horrible assumptions crowded into Jo's head. Bungee jump across the bay? Climb the bell tower and free the tuna sculpture? Renovate a nursing home by painting the walls red and blue polka dots? No, it's much more serious. He must make their adult children, son and daughter, happy. And Jo rushes between his son, who has taken a defensive position, and his daughter, battered by numerous lovers. His mission is difficult, but, as it turns out, it is fraught with many happy accidents, because it is never too late to start all over again. The members of this family cry, laugh, quarrel... and most importantly - they love! An extremely ironic, soft, warm novel by one of the most beloved French writers by readers, whose books, due to some misunderstanding, were never published in Russian.