Hector and the Search for Happiness (Movie Tie-In)

A Novel

Now a major motion picture starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer
 
The international bestseller with more than two million copies sold
 

“Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself. . . . And so he decided to take a trip around the world, and everywhere he went he would try to understand what made people happy or unhappy.”

Hector travels from Paris to China to Africa to the United States, and along the way he keeps a list of observations about the people he meets. Combining the winsome appeal of The Little Prince with the inspiring philosophy of The Alchemist, Hector’s journey around the world and into the human soul is entertaining, empowering, and smile-inducing—as winning in its optimism as it is wise in its simplicity.
© DRFP & Odile Jacob
François Lelord has had a successful career as a psychiatrist in France, where he was born, and in the United States, where he did his postdoctoral research at UCLA. He is the coauthor of a number of bestselling self-help books and has consulted for companies interested in reducing stress for their employees. His series of novels includes Hector and the Search for HappinessHector and the Secrets of Love, and Hector and the Search for Lost Time. Lelord and his wife, Phuong, live in Thailand. View titles by Francois Lelord

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Now a major motion picture starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer
 
The international bestseller with more than two million copies sold
 

“Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself. . . . And so he decided to take a trip around the world, and everywhere he went he would try to understand what made people happy or unhappy.”

Hector travels from Paris to China to Africa to the United States, and along the way he keeps a list of observations about the people he meets. Combining the winsome appeal of The Little Prince with the inspiring philosophy of The Alchemist, Hector’s journey around the world and into the human soul is entertaining, empowering, and smile-inducing—as winning in its optimism as it is wise in its simplicity.

Author

© DRFP & Odile Jacob
François Lelord has had a successful career as a psychiatrist in France, where he was born, and in the United States, where he did his postdoctoral research at UCLA. He is the coauthor of a number of bestselling self-help books and has consulted for companies interested in reducing stress for their employees. His series of novels includes Hector and the Search for HappinessHector and the Secrets of Love, and Hector and the Search for Lost Time. Lelord and his wife, Phuong, live in Thailand. View titles by Francois Lelord

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