Used book – The Blue Bicycle, Volume 1, Régine Deforges

1939. Léa Delmas is seventeen years old. Her life revolves around the scents of the Bordeaux soil, the light of the vineyards, and the tenderness of her family. The declaration of war will shatter the harmony of this late summer and plunge Léa into the chaos of defeat, exodus, death, and Nazi occupation. Léa will be forced to make impossible choices.

La Bicyclette bleue is the first volume of an epic novel, a grand romantic fresco set between 1939 and the 1950s.

The unique charm of La Bicyclette bleue: a zest for life, a sensual indulgence à la Colette... Everything to please.

Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, Le Monde.

Léa, redhead, perfectly voluptuous, a wonderful little Frenchwoman, so wonderfully greedy for everything. It smells of summer holidays and kissing games in the hay and the approaching war. Paris, the rout... Quickly, the next part, Régine!

Françoise Xenakis, Le Matin. Prix des Maisons de la Presse 1983.

The unforgettable saga inaugurated by La Bicyclette bleue includes the following titles:

1. La Bicyclette bleue 2. 101, avenue Henri-Martin 3. Le Diable en rit encore 4. Noir Tango 5. Rue de la Soie 6. La Dernière Colline 7. Cuba libre!

8. Alger, ville blanche