MOYES, JOJO
The "New York Times" bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture; US release on June 3, 2016.
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 barely 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 generationand perfect for fans of John Green s "The Fault in Our Stars," "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?"
La escritora y peridista británica Jojo Moyes nació en 1969 y se crió en Londres. Trabajó en oficios tan diversos como redactora en braille para clientes invidentes de un banco antes de graduarse en la London University. En 1992 consiguió una beca para un máster de periodismo en la City University. Excepto por un corto período en que trabajó para el Sunday Morning Post en Hong Kong, su carrera profesional estuvo ligada durante diez años al The Independent, hasta que en 2002, coincidiendo con el éxito cosechado por su primera novela, Regreso a Irlanda, decidió dedicarse por entero a la literatura. Con posterioridad ha publicado Música nocturna, La casa de las olas, El bazar de los sueños, El viaje de las novias y Hasta siempre, mi amor, distinguida en su país con el premio a la mejor novela romántica del año. En la actualidad, Jojo vive en una granja en Essex, con su marido y sus tres hijos. www.jojomoyes.com