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Me Before You: A Novel (Movie Tie-In) (Me Before You Trilogy #1) (CD-Audio)

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Me Before You: A Novel (Movie Tie-In) (Me Before You Trilogy #1) By Jojo Moyes, Various (Read by) Cover Image
By Jojo Moyes, Various (Read by)
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This is book number 1 in the Me Before You Trilogy series.


Staff Reviews


What a way to begin a New Year! I finished reading Me Before You just an hour ago and said aloud (to no one), "Wow--how did she do it?"
Jojo Moyes has written a beautiful, imaginative, improbable love story. Her characters are fully developed--a paraplegic who wants to die and a simple uncomplicated local girl who becomes his caregiver for 6 months. Her courage, generosity, and imagination are inspiring; his prodding to have her expand her life is equally so.
This is no schmaltzy romance novel, believe me. It makes you think how life can change in an instant, how the choices you make can alter your life. It is funny, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking.
Do yourself a favor and read this book!

— Margaret, Pittsburgh

At first glance you expect this to be a boy-meets-girl story where love overcomes all obstacles, but author Jojo Moyes has other ideas. This engaging novel tells the story of a deeply unhappy quadriplegic and the caregiver hired by his mother to distract him from his own demons. Moyes allows us a little time to get to know the characters before introducing a deadline that lends suspense and uncertainty to the outcome. Emotionally engaging and heartbreaking.

— Buzzy, Raleigh

What makes life worth living? Who gets to decide? There are two sides to every story.
The story begins with William Trainor, a handsome and rich adventurer always looking for his next high. He is on top of the world until a freak accident turns William into a quadriplegic. Then there is Louisa Clark, a tea shop worker content with her simple life. She leads a life of no surprises, living with her parents, and never intending to leave her little village. That is, until she becomes Louisa Clark: unemployed teashop girl. The story truly unfolds when William and Lousia’s very different worlds collide. An unorthodox and unforgettable love story unfolds, and nothing prepares you for the joy and tears this book will bring you.

— Rosa, New Jersey

January 2013 Indie Next List


“If you are looking for a romantic love story that will leave you in happy tears, this is the book for you! Suspend disbelief and immerse yourself in the life of Louisa Clark, who takes a job as a caretaker for a young, wealthy, disabled man. After a rocky start, Lou and Will become close, and Will urges her to expand her horizons and escape from their stifling small town. Naturally, love blooms, but can there be a happy ending for two such different people?”
— Susan Taylor, Market Block Books, Troy, NY

Description


Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before YouAfter You, and Still Me.

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 never 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?


Cast of Narrators:
Susan Lyons
Anna Bentink
Steven Crossley
Alex Tregear
Andrew Wincott
Owen Lindsay

About the Author


Jojo Moyes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, Still Me, Paris for One and Other Stories, After You, One Plus One, The Girl You Left Behind, Me Before You, The Last Letter from Your Lover, The Horse Dancer, Silver Bay, The Ship of Brides, and The Peacock Emporium. The Last letter From Your Lover will be released as a major motion picture by Netflix in July. She lives with her husband and three children in Essex, England.

Praise For…


Praise for ME BEFORE YOU:

"A hilarious, heartbreaking, riveting novel . . . I will stake my reputation on this book."
Anne Lamott, People Magazine

“When I finished this novel, I didn’t want to review it: I wanted to reread it. . . . an affair to remember.”
New York Times Book Review, Liesl Schillinger

“An unlikely love story . . . To be devoured like candy, between tears.”
O, The Oprah Magazine

“Funny and moving but never predictable.”
USA Today (****)

“Funny, surprising and heartbreaking, populated with characters who are affecting and amusing . . . This is a thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love”
People Magazine

“Masterful . . . a heartbreaker in the best sense . . . Me Before You is achingly hard to read at moments, and yet such a joy.”
New York Daily News

“READ IT AND WEEP: Heartbreak collides with humor in Jojo Moyes’s Me Before You.”
Good Housekeeping

“There are books that you cannot put down. There are also books where you become so invested in the characters, you force yourself to stop reading to prolong the experience because you don't want the story to end, and that's what can happen when you read Jojo Moyes' latest book, Me Before You. . . . You'll find yourself laughing, smiling, feeling angry and, yes, crying. My only suggestion: Me Before You should be sold with a pack of tissues.”
The Associated Press

"Jojo Moyes has written the perfect modern love story.  You will be astonished at what you feel, and what you hope for when you are forced to face the possibility of your own dreams. It's that good. Read it now."
Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife

“ME BEFORE YOU is a delicious surprise—funny and hopeful and heartbreaking, the kind of story that will keep you turning pages into the night. Lou Clark and Will Traynor will capture your heart and linger there long after their story has ended."
Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters

“Some books make you stop and think, compel you to examine your own take on life or your position or stand on an issue.  Jojo Moyes’s Me Before You will surprise you—it is impossible not to put yourself in the characters’ shoes and you will find yourself thinking about the choices you might make if life changed in an instant.  I loved it.”
Lee Woodruff, New York Times bestselling author of Those We Love Most

"A lovely novel, both nontraditional and enthralling."
Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Moyes’ twisting, turning, heartbreaking novel raises provocative moral questions while developing a truly unique relationship between two people brought together by chance. With shades of David Nicholls’ beloved One Day, Me Before You is the kind of book you simply can’t put down—even when you realize you don’t want to see it end. . . . A big-hearted, beautifully written story that teaches us it is never too late to truly start living.”
BookPage

"Moyes’ latest is made heartwarming, thanks to the vibrancy of its main characters, both of whom will keep readers on their toes with their chemistry and witty repartee. . . .humorous and romantic through and through."
Romantic Times


Product Details
ISBN: 9780451484246
ISBN-10: 045148424X
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Publication Date: April 26th, 2016
Language: English
Series: Me Before You Trilogy