It happens in the Mauges, west of the Maine-et-Loire, near Cholet, in the heart of Chouan country. It mainly takes place from 1950 to 1981. How, in a micro almost completely dominated by the church and local employers, are emerging aspirations for emancipation? How, in a social group where obedience values ​​are raw, born and grow capacity, sometimes microscopic, to resist? The author relies extensively on the life of his own parents, workers in rural factories of the area successively YCW activists, the CFDT and the Socialist Party. His story is fed daily realities of these transformations and these struggles. Often so small, yet so important. It skillfully blends well come enlargements on world events. In the end, it's a powerful and moving book for those who have experienced these years, even in quite different contexts. And a book rich in information for those who came after. I almost forgot: this book is a comic, which detract from the rigor of the story and gives it throughout a real human warmth.