Molodoj parizhanin Aleks imeet novuyu dlya Francii i redkuyu special′nost′: on biblioterapevt, to est′ psicholog, kotoryj lechit s pomoshh′yu chudozhestvennoj literatury. Aleks vypisyvaet recepty: prochitat′ takuyu-to knigu, i vybiraet tu, kotoraya pomozhet cheloveku privesti dushu v poryadok, a inogda izmenit′ zhizn′. No teper′ lechenie knigami ponadobilos′ samomu Aleksu: ego sputnica zhizni Melani vozmushhenno zayavila, chto knigi interesuyut ego bol′she, chem ona, i ushla ot nego. Aleksu prichoditsya nalazhivat′ odnovremenno chetyre zhizni — trech pacientov i svoyu sobstvennuyu. Aleks verit, chto v lyuboj oblasti novoe — eto luchshee, i reshaet polechit′sya literaturoj ot professional′nogo vygoraniya.