Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop & home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop & she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesnt know is shes about to lose her job or that knowing whats coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small & rather joyless now & he knows exactly how hes going to put a stop to that. What Will doesnt know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. & neither of them knows theyre going to change the other for all time. See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of Me Before You See Jojo Moyes talk about her book Reading Group Questions Read an exclusive Q&A with Jojo Moyes Write a Review for Me Before You Judys Review This book is compelling moving & totally absorbing. It is also a true romance a real weepie. Louisa (known as Lou) is 26. A working-class girl her family (mum dad granddad & sister Treena who is a single parent to little Tom) depend on her meagre wage from the Buttered Bun a cafe where Louisa has worked for six years. To her shock she is suddenly made redundant. She knows her family need her to earn & desperately starts looking for another job. After a few false starts she reluctantly accepts a position as carer to a young man who is paralysed as a result of a terrible accident in which he was mowed down by a motorcyclist on a busy wet morning in London. Will Traynor is young handsome rich upper-class & before his accident had a high-flying career in the city. Then in one shattering moment his life is ruined. Resentful convinced he has no future he is full of anger. Will Traynor is not a very nice young man. When Lou meets him there is instant mutual dislike. She is an ordinary girl from a poor family while he is an arrogant guy from a very different moneyed world who feels his life has been poisoned by the accident. He is forced to witness his former girlfriends new relationship with his old friend as they visit him to commiserate but also to make it clear that she has moved on. However as Lou & Will get to know each other their relationship becomes deep & profound. This book is very much a romance & also terribly moving. Expect tears. Keep the tissues handy. Richards Review "