Paulo, now 75, is a former sheep farmer. He was a sympathiser with the ideals of the French uprising of 1968 but now has nothing. His loved one died twenty years ago. To overcome his boredom as he waits to die, he decides to live with a foster family in south-east France. As soon as he arrives in the Haute Provence where he had left his happiest memories, his past comes flooding back and soon carries him into the future. A novel of love and hope full of unusual characters, of fortunate animals and of Provenal scents, this book will lead you along roads of the Haute Provence and the paths of happiness.