In The Last Letter from Your Lover (2011), Moyes presented a heavily plotted novel that spanned decades and featured parallel romances. Her newest work dials down the intricacy, and the result is a far more intimate novel. Moyes introduces us first to Will Traynor, a formerly high-flying, thrill-seeking executive now confined to a wheelchair as a quadriplegic. Twentysomething Louisa \u201cLou\u201d Clark has been hired as his caretaker, despite a total lack of experience. As the prickly Will and plainspoken Lou gradually warm to each other, she learns that the six-month length of her contract coincides with the amount of time Will has agreed, for his parents\u2019 sake, to postpone his planned assisted suicide, a subject Moyes treats evenhandedly. Armed with this information, Lou sets about creating adventures for Will, hoping to give him a reason to live. Simultaneously, Will encourages Lou to expand the expectations of what her life could be. All signs point to romance and a happy ending for the pair, but Moyes has something more heartbreakingly truthful in mind: Sometimes love isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .<\/p>\n
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life\u2014steady boyfriend, close family\u2014who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex\u2013Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life\u2014big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel\u2014and now he\u2019s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.<\/p>\n
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy\u2014but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.<\/p>\n
A Love Story<\/i> for this generation\u00a0and perfect for fans of John Green\u2019s The Fault in Our Stars<\/i>, Me Before You<\/i> brings to life two people who couldn\u2019t have less in common\u2014a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n