The Happiness Seeker

In 2018, Margrit Schäppi voluntarily retired from life. Before that, she wrote her unusual life story. In doing so, she wanted to show that there is success even without an academic education. The author was married twice. Her second husband, the Egyptian Ali, was 38 years younger. After her divorce, the author became completely lonely, which encouraged her to seek help from the EXIT aid-in-dying organization. But before that, she wanted to publish this book. The Zurich journalist Matthias Ackeret, whom she consulted in her search for a publisher, asked her in vain to refrain from suicide. A book about the meaning of life. And of dying. And the question: was this end really necessary?