On 1 February 1968 Frédéric Jamet was born in Angers, the capital of Anjou, the French region of the Loire Valley, famous for its gentle French way of life. Frédéric’s parents worked a lot and rarely saw their son grow up, and although the moments they shared with him were always intense and joyful, they were still relatively rare. A caring grandmother will pass on to him a taste for beautiful things, teach him to marvel at the things in life: discovering the fauna and flora in nature, tasting a good meal, marvelling at a work of art, being enthusiastic about a film or a play, etc. A bilingual French/English…