An unusual story told in Didier van Covelet’s novel is about the fate of the “test-tube child.” François, a businessman with a firm grip who turns billions, but always stays in the shadows, under the influence of a random chain of circumstances decides to become a donor and help Simon, a modest toy seller from a provincial department store, and his wife Adrienne become parents. He doesn’t foresee how far this one moment’s whim will take all of them…