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Hector & the Search for Happiness (Film Edition)

Francois Lelord author Lorenza Garcia translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Gallic Books

Published:1st Jul '14

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Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they're just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can't do much for them, and it's beginning to depress him. So when a patient tells him he looks in need of a holiday, Hector decides to set off round the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy (and sad), and whether there is such a thing as the secret of true happiness.

A series of philosophical bonnes bouches … their effect is unexpectedly cheering’ Independent ‘Even the most aloof, the most detached reader will be won over by this book’ Cosmopolitan ‘Provides a dollop of warm, fuzzy, feel-good escapism’ Woman ‘Intelligently naïve’ Marie Claire ‘A fast-paced, enchanting story. Lelord himself is a psychiatrist, and his interest in the human mind is infectious’ – Book Page "A feel-good gem . . . Francois Lelord has created a 21st-century hero." Good Housekeeping

ISBN: 9781908313676

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Weight: unknown

182 pages