Hector and the search for happiness
By: François Lelord ; translated by Lorenza Garcia
Contributors: Garcia, Lorenza
Edition: Center Point large print ed.
Publisher: Center Point Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Thorndike, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781602859081
Subjects: Psychiatrists; Fiction; Happiness; Large type books
Work titles: Voyage d'Hector ou la recherche du bonheur
Description: Hector is an excellent psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients who are ill, but more and more; his patients are people he can't treat. They have no serious problems -- they're simply deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can't do much for these people, 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 on a trip around the world to try to find the key to happiness. Along the way, Hector keeps a list of observations about the people he meets and learns a great deal about what true contentment is all about. His journey into the soul is entertaining, empowering and often funny -- as winning in its optimism as it is powerful in its simplicity.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Translated from the French.