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After You

After You

Contemporary LiteratureRomance
Pages
528
Published
2015
Language
English

Synopsis

Eighteen months after the events of Me Before You, Louisa Clark is back in London and trying, without much success, to build a new life. She is working a dead-end job at an airport bar, living alone, and going through the motions of moving on. Then a fall from the roof of her flat lands her in hospital — and sets in motion a chain of events that will pull her back toward the past and force her to reckon with her grief.

A grief support group brings her unexpected companionship, a kind paramedic named Sam offers the possibility of something new, and the sudden arrival of a teenage girl named Lily — who claims a connection to Will Traynor — upends everything Louisa thought she had left behind.

The second novel in the Me Before You trilogy is a story about the messy, non-linear work of recovering from loss: how you honour someone you loved, and how you eventually learn to want a future of your own again. Warm and often funny, it carries Louisa's voice forward without softening the weight of what came before.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

EmotionalSadHopefulRomanticReflective

Genres

Contemporary Literature Romance Contemporary Romance Women's Fiction

About the author

J
Jojo Moyes

Pauline Sara Jo Moyes was born on 4 August 1969 and in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK, but grew up in London. She was the only child of Elizabeth J. McKee and James C. Moyes. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London and Bedford New College, London University. She lives on a farmhouse in Great Sampford, Essex with her husband, journalist Charles Arthur, and their three children. After a varied career including stints as a minicab controller, typer of braille statements for blind peop...

Characters

Louisa ClarkProtagonist

Grieving and adrift, trying to rebuild after Will.

Lou ClarkProtagonist
Sam FieldingSupporting

A paramedic who becomes part of Louisa's new life.

Lily Houghton-MillerSupporting

A troubled teenager with a link to Will's past.

All characters in After You

Frequently asked questions

  • Is After You a standalone book?

    After You is a direct sequel to Me Before You, continuing the story of Lou Clark. While it can be read independently, the emotional impact and character development are significantly enhanced by reading Me Before You first.

  • Is there a movie adaptation of After You?

    After You does not have a standalone movie adaptation. The first book in the series, Me Before You, was adapted into a film.

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