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Es war einmal ein junger Psychiater, der Hector hieß und als Glücksexperte sehr berühmt geworden war. Nun bekommt er von einem mächtigen Konzern einen zweifelhaften Auftrag: der Unstetigkeit der Liebe durch die Entwicklung entsprechender Liebespillen auf die Sprünge zu helfen. Warum verlieben wir uns in jemanden, der gar nichts von uns wissen will? Warum liebt manchmal der eine mehr als der andere? Kann man nicht für immer verliebt bleiben? In einer aufregenden Recherche und einer Versuchsreihe, an der auch Hector selbst teilnimmt, erfährt er alles über das schwierige Zusammenleben von Männern und Frauen. Faszinierend! Könnte eine entsprechende Oxytocin-Dopamin-Rezeptur tatsächlich ...? In letzter Minute besinnt sich Hector. Obwohl sie so kompliziert und schmerzlich sein kann, soll die Liebe in Ewigkeit bleiben, was sie ist: Laune des Augenblicks, das größte Glück und die einzige Macht, die tiefe Sehnsucht stillen kann.

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A new fable filled with thoughtful insights into the very human desire to find and keep love.

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One of the world´s largest pharmaceutical companies has employed him to track down their brilliant scientist, Professor Cormorant, who has disappeared abroad with the secret of a modern-day love potion. Leaving behind his troubled relationship with girlfriend Clara, Hector´s adventure takes him to the Far East and into the arms of beautiful Vayla, forcing our hero to think deeply about what love really is/means. In his follow-up to the multi-million-selling Hector and the Search for Happiness, acclaimed writer and psychiatrist, Francois Lelord, offers us a new fable filled with thoughtful insights into the very human desire to find and keep love.

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A fascinating read´ Cosmopolitan ´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 na‹ve´ 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

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Lelord, Fran‡ois
Fran‡ois Lelord studied and practiced psychiatry in Paris, and was a consultant for companies interested in reducing stress for their employees. The huge success of Hector and the Search for Happiness led him to spend more time writing and travelling, ending up in Vietnam during the Sars epidemic. There he practiced psychiatry for a French NGO and met his future wife Phuong. Today they live in Thailand. Hector and the Search for Happiness was adapted for film in 2015, starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.

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