Hector and the Search for Happiness

Download or read book Hector and the Search for Happiness written by François Lelord and published by Gallic Books. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...