Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an ordinary life in a small English town. After losing her job at a café, she reluctantly takes a position as a caregiver for Will Traynor — a wealthy, adventurous former banker left quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, and now bitter, withdrawn, and largely uninterested in the future.
The two could not be more different: Lou is chatty, unworldly, and content within narrow horizons; Will is sharp, well-travelled, and mourning the life that was taken from him. As the months pass, an unlikely closeness grows between them, and Lou discovers a secret that changes everything — a decision Will has made about how his life should end.
Determined to change his mind, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. Warm, funny, and unafraid of hard questions, Me Before You is a love story that engages directly with disability, autonomy, and the right to choose — a novel that became a word-of-mouth international bestseller and the first in a trilogy following Louisa's life.