Resume: ´Me Before You´ by Jojo Moyes
"Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes is a novel that brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common:
a young man who used to live his life to the fullest, but who has to live a miserable life in a wheelchair now.
An average girl, who is by nature a sunny souland in love with being alive.
This job made two different world collide, and s these people got to know each other better, they became attracted to each other. However, even this tender feeling didn’t help Will to enjoy his life.
Lou Clark is an average girl, who used to work at café until its owner shut the place down, leaving her jobless. Lou goes job hunting until she finds one - a caretaker for a paralyzed man named Will Traynor.
Will Traynor was a go-getter in every sense of the word until a motorcycle hit him as he was about to get into a taxi. This accident took away his desire to live, as it left him a quadriplegic. He has lost much more than his mobility, you know. He used to live his life to the fullest, and now he is deprived of it.
For two years, he endured physiotherapy, uncounted doctors’ visits, bouts of pneumonia and constant pain. The thing he hates the most in his new life is that every action requires someone else's help.
Lou’s job is to monitor him all the time, to feed him and other stuff like that. At first, she feels sorry for Will, but, unfortunately, he’s quite skeptical about her. He didn’t want to deal with her. However, with time he slowly warms up with Lou, and their relationship grows closer and closer.
That is, until Lou learns the truth about why she was hired: after a previous suicide attempt, Will made his mother promise to take him to an assisted suicide facility in six months to end his life. Lou's job has actually been to make sure he doesn't hurt himself before then.
It's a magical experience. Lou is amazed by the beauty of this exotic place — not to mention her growing feelings toward Will. On the final night of the vacation, Lou kisses Will and declares her love for him, saying that she knows about his plan but wants him to be with her.
Although he loves her, too, Will says that he's not going to change his mind. Furious, Lou ignores Will when they return home.
Eventually, Lou makes up her mind that she has made a terrible mistake and decides to share Will's final moments. Lou's mom is furious about this and tells her to not return home if she decides to go. But it didn’t stop her, so Lou had an opportunity to say goodbye to Will.
Before his death, Will writes Lou a letter that specifically requests that it only be opened while Lou is in his favorite café in Paris. So she goes. The letter says that Will has left Lou a small amount of money so she can continue studying and follow her dreams. It also expresses Will's sadness at causing her pain, though he hopes that she will overcome it soon.
Thus begins a bold new chapter in Lou's life.
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