Me Before You

Me Before You follows Louisa Clark, a bright but directionless young woman whose ordinary life collapses when she loses her café job. Desperate to help support her family, she becomes a companion to Will Traynor, a once-adventurous, wealthy businessman left quadriplegic after a road accident.

At first, Will is bitter, sarcastic, and determined to keep everyone at a distance. But Lou’s warmth, stubbornness, and oddball humor begin to reach him. When she learns that Will has made plans to end his life through assisted dying, Lou throws herself into a mission to prove that life can still hold joy, love, and possibility.

This is a tragic, intimate love story about dignity, choice, class, family duty, and the painful truth that loving someone does not always mean being able to save them.

• Listeners who enjoy emotional, character-driven love stories with moral complexity.
• Readers interested in stories about disability, autonomy, grief, and personal transformation.
• Fans of intimate contemporary fiction that blends humor, heartbreak, and difficult choices.

Jojo Moyes is a British novelist and former journalist for The Independent. Born in London in 1969, she is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including award-winning works such as Foreign Fruit and The Last Letter from Your Lover.