Hector
is a successful young psychiatrist.
He's very good at treating patients in real need of help. But many people he sees are 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...
Over two million readers worldwide have engaged with psychiatrist François Lelord's modern fable. Narrated with deceptive simplicity, its wise observations offer a chance to reflect on the
contentment we all look for in our lives.