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Hector and the
Secrets of Love
François Lelord
Translated by Lorenza Garcia
To all those who have been the inspiration for Hector
Contents
Praise for François Lelord Title Page Dedication HECTOR AND THE CHINESE PICTURE HECTOR LOVES CLARA HECTOR AND CLARA GO TO THE BEACH HECTOR GOES TO A MEETING HECTOR HEARS ABOUT LOVE HECTOR TALKS ABOUT LOVE HECTOR IS WORRIED HECTOR ACCEPTS A MISSION HECTOR TAKES TO THE AIR HECTOR DOES SOME HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HECTOR MEETS VAYLA HECTOR MAKES A GOOD FRIEND HECTOR AND THE TEMPLE IN THE JUNGLE HECTOR TAKES RISKS HECTOR IS THOUGHTFUL HECTOR SUFFERS HECTOR MAKES A CHOICE HECTOR MAKES LOVE HECTOR HAS A REST HECTOR IS ABLE TO READ HECTOR TAKES TO THE AIR AGAIN PROFESSOR CORMORANT’S LETTER HECTOR AND THE JADE BEAM HECTOR AND VAYLA VISIT THE ZOO HECTOR ISN’T THERE HECTOR MEETS UP WITH A GOOD FRIEND HECTOR REMEMBERS HECTOR IS NEEDY CLARA STILL LOVES HECTOR HECTOR AND JEALOUSY CLARA IS SAD HECTOR’S LIFE IS COMPLICATED HECTOR IS CROSS WITH HIMSELF HECTOR MAKES AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY HECTOR’S LIFE IS COMPLICATED HECTOR GOES FOR A DRIVE CLARA MEETS VAYLA HECTOR DOES SOME SCIENCE HECTOR HAS A SHOCK DO HECTOR AND CLARA STILL LOVE EACH OTHER? HECTOR IS ANGRY HECTOR CALMS DOWN GUNTHER LOVES CLARA HECTOR AND THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN FAIRIES HECTOR WRITES IN THE DARK HECTOR MEETS HIS COUSINS HECTOR IS AN ETHNOLOGIST HECTOR AND THE RISING SUN HECTOR BLOWS SOMEONE’S COVER THE PROFESSOR AND THE ORANG-UTAN GUNTHER IS SCARED HECTOR IS A GOOD DOCTOR HECTOR AND THE FIFTH COMPONENT HECTOR IS FLABBERGASTED HECTOR IS MOVED HECTOR CONTROLS HIMSELF HECTOR IS TRICKED HECTOR LOSES HIS TEMPER HECTOR RECEIVES A LESSON IN GNA-DOA WISDOM HECTOR WINS HECTOR AND CLARA AND VAYLA HECTOR SAVES LOVE HECTOR HAS A DREAM EPILOGUE HECTOR AND THE MAN WHO LOVED DOGS HECTOR AND THE LITTLE BOY WHO WANTED TO SPEED UP TIME HECTOR THINKS THINGS OVER AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PUBLISHER’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS About the Author Also by François Lelord: