The narrator is twenty-two. He has lost his mother and his brother in a car accident. The story begins just as he loses his father in a car accident too. On his own from then on, he decides to sell the family apartment and leave with his two closest friends: Laure and Samuel. Destination: Morro Bay, California. Morro Bay: an obsession fed by the Lloyd Cole song for years. California: the mythical country that influenced an entire generation. And Stay Alive tells this coming-of-age story, fill of laughter and pain, discoveries, encounters and looks back at the past. For the first time, Jean-Philippe Blondel tells his story. We remember his gentleness, and discover his incredible resilience. And this text, which finalizes mourning, celebrates life above all.