Me Before You

I adored this book! JoJo Moyes has written a beautiful, funny, sad, deep, and I think most importantly, realistic story about two people coming to terms with their lives.

Will Traynor has lived a "big life," but when he is struck by a motorcycle and becomes paralyzed from the chest down, his world becomes confined to his motorized wheelchair. Louisa Clark has lived a very small life, still living with her parents at age 26, long-time boyfriend with whom she has almost nothing in common, and no ambition. Then Lou is hired to be Will's companion for six months.

Lou and Will come to be friends as well as employer/employee, and they each give the other something that's missing from their lives - Lou gives Will fun and adventures and tenderness, and will gives Lou confidence and determination and, in a way, hope. But the realities of life are still there, and Lou and Will need to come to terms with those realities - for better or worse.



Me Before You