He has some use of one hand but is dependent on others for his basic needs, and recovery is not possible. Will, once handsome and powerful, is not only embittered, but in constant pain.

Will’s magistrate mother hires Louisa at a relatively hefty salary to be Will’s caregiver and keep him company for the next six months-easygoing Nathan gives him his medical care and physiotherapy-but really Will’s mother wants Louisa to watch him so he doesn’t try to hurt himself.

Enter Will Traynor, a former world traveler, ladies’ man and business tycoon who’s been a quadriplegic since a traffic accident two years ago. Then, the cafe closes, and she must find a job fast to ease her family’s financial stress. At 26, she lives with her working-class family (portrayed with rollicking energy) in a small English town, carries on a ho-hum relationship with her dull boyfriend and works at a local cafe. Revisiting Lou has been a joy, as I push her into a completely new country, a brand new world, and a house full of secrets.A young woman finds herself while caring for an embittered quadriplegic in this second novel from British author Moyes ( The Last Letter from Your Lover, 2011). In a statement, Moyes said: “I always knew that once I committed to write the sequel to Me Before You, I would also write a third book I saw it quite clearly as a trilogy. In the new book, Lou must decide if her personal Brexit should be permanent. But by the end of the sequel, a job opportunity in Manhattan proves too tempting. In After You, Lou, mourning Will, finds a dreadful job at an airport restaurant and then slowly falls for paramedic Sam Fielding. 1 on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list for six (non-consecutive) weeks last spring and summer as the movie, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, hit theaters.

The novel, which broke a lot of hearts, was No. The appealing British heroine of two Jojo Moyes’ best sellers, Me Before You and its sequel, After You, will return in a third, as-yet untitled novel in spring 2018, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking tells USA TODAY exclusively.įeisty “Lou” first appeared in the 2012 weepie Me Before You as caretaker to Will Traynor, a privileged young man paralyzed in an accident.

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