Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
I had seen this book several times when I had gone to the bookstore, but never thought much of it. Then a former student was reading it. Not long after that, a coworker posted the movie trailer, and was talking about what a great book this was. After that, another friend and coworker was reading it, and told me I would love it. She was right.
Louisa "Lou" Clark is twenty-six years old, and living in England with her parents, granddad, sister, and nephew. She has a long term boyfriend, Patrick, who is a personal trainer. She doesn't expect much out of life. Then she loses her job.
After a few interviews with Britain's version of the unemployment commission, Lou gets a position as a caretaker for a man, Will Traynor, who is a quadrapeligic (or however you spell it). Will led quite the life before being hit by a motorcycle, and his current state bothers him so much that he wants to have an assisted suicide. That's why Lou is hired: Will has a deal with his parents to live for six more months, and she is to make sure nothing happens to him.
Lou does everything in her power, trips, outings, etc, to convince Will to have the will to live. Can she manage to get Will to change his mind?
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