The French writer Régine Desforges now enjoys worldwide fame. The cycle of novels “The Blue Bicycle” brought her great success, far beyond the borders of France. This series is often compared to Margaret Mitchell's great novel Gone with the Wind: the life story of R. Deforge's smart, courageous and beautiful heroine named Léa takes place against the backdrop of the grandiose events that shook France in 1939–1949, just like the story of Scarlett O 'Hara is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The series of novels by R. Desforges undoubtedly has a truly French originality and will have the same success in Russia as it has throughout the reading world.