The Blue Bicycle (Vol. 1 - Paperback Edition)

The Blue Bicycle series marked an entire generation, selling over 6 million copies worldwide. 1939. Bordeaux, France. 17-year-old Léa Delmas awakens to love and sex. But the outbreak of World War II abruptly interrupts the joy of her youth. Léa is forced to face the harsh reality of violence, to live with the Nazi occupation, and, at the same time, with the uneasiness of an overwhelming passion. Author Régine Deforges recreates the entire drama of the Delmas family's struggle for survival and takes us on a journey into the world of sensations and discoveries of youth. The Blue Bicycle is the first novel in the epic series of the same name that made the French writer famous, selling over 6 million copies worldwide, and marking an entire generation.