To those who speak to us like children

At the age of 78, Madeleine Melquiond tells the story of her “journey into septuagenarianism” through everyday events, often funny, sometimes bitter. During the previous decade, which the author recounted in On n''est pas sérieux quand on a 60 ans (You''re not serious when you''re 60) (8,000 copies sold), most of us got used to getting older and were wary of advice givers that we didn''t need; but...