LES PROMESSES ORPHELINES

Set in a small village in the Orléanais during the post-war boom of the Trente Glorieuses, this novel follows Gino, a young dreamer whose life unfolds far from the promises of lunar landings, flying cars, and high-speed trains. With poor school grades and a heart still lingering on Roxane, the girl he glimpsed at a village dance years ago, Gino navigates a world that seems to be accelerating without him.
Gilles Marchand paints a poetic and tender portrait of an ordinary life filled with quiet joys, deep sorrows, and fragile hopes. Gino becomes the “main extra” in his own story, a man shaped by love, memory, and the silhouettes that pass through his snow globe of destiny.