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Me Before You (Thorndike Core)

Me Before You (Thorndike Core)

Me Before You (Thorndike Core)
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Me Before You (Thorndike Core)

by Moyes, Jojo

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Thorndike Press. Used - Good. . Former Library book.[Is9781571031815

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A New York Times bestseller—with more than one million copies sold—by the author of The Girl You Left Behind They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . . Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but 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. A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?

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On Dec 12 2018, a reader said:
Me Before You is the first book in the Me Before You series by award-winning British author, Jojo Moyes. Louisa Clark's café wages are much relied-upon: her mum, Josie is the stay-at-home carer for Granddad; all of her sister Katrina's pay goes to bringing up her own young son; and her dad Bernard's job at the furniture factory is looking less secure every day. So when the Buttered Bun closes down, Lou needs another job pronto. She's never worked as a carer before, but the pay's better than at the chicken processing plant, and Lou's been assured there'll be no wiping of, you know, required (there's a trained carer for that stuff).

Camilla Traynor has told Lou she's basically needed as a companion for her son, Will, who is a quadriplegic since a traffic accident two years ago. But Will's anger, his mercurial moods, his negativity, these are an unpleasant, if understandable, surprise for Lou. She's determined to stick it out: she can't afford to lose this job. But Camilla hasn't been entirely honest. Before long, Lou discovers the truth, and finds herself doing her utmost to bring enjoyment into Will's life.

For anyone who has even glanced at the remarks on the cover of later editions of this book, the trajectory of the story and the ending will be predictable, but such is the quality of the characters Moyes creates, and their dialogue, that most readers will not be able to resist reading to the end, although this, as many advise, is best not read in public. And before that end is reached, there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and the odd surprise or two.

The novel is mostly a first-person narrative told by Lou, but with occasional (clearly denoted) chapters from the perspective of other significant characters. Moyes tackles several topical and divisive issues: voluntary euthanasia and the right to die; how quality of life is dependent on perspective; the stigma attached to being disabled, the patronising attitudes encountered and the attendant, if unintentional, discrimination suffered. Ultimately a heart-wrenching love story, this novel is also funny and thought-provoking.

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Title
Me Before You (Thorndike Core)
Author
Moyes, Jojo
Book Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
1410455300
ISBN 13
9781410455307
Publisher
Thorndike Press
This edition first published
2013-02

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