This book is a perceptive commentary on personal French-American relations. If you are American and have French friends, want to live in France, or learn more about the country, it is an excellent source. Having lived in France two years when I read it, I learned a lot about specific issues that had been an enigma to me. This book is a positive exploration of intercultural relations rather than like many other books of this nature that seem to emphasize negative aspects of international (personal) relations. Very worthwhile reading if you are at all interested in how Americans and French interact on a personal level. Written by a French sociologist with an interest in American culture. Interesting to get the French perspective, rather than the American one - which seems more prevalent in books published in the United States