After living for several years in expatriation, I wondered if France had both changed ... and no ... it is I who have changed. Ted offers a real vision that is critical for surgical accuracy. Certainly this will offend many people, although it does so with politeness and courtesy and very substantially a love for France. I retrouvre chapter after chapter the thousand and one things that annoy me and tease me day after day since I came back in France but also the things that rejoicing me. To those who give a bad score in this book I advise them to take their bags and move elsewhere, really live, not just a 2 week holiday. I do not know if France "grave" but in any case this book should make you think. Congratulations to Ted, it's not easy to criticize, especially the French, when we still want to be able to buy its "baguette" in the morning.