Kilbourn Public Library Book Club

The Kilbourn Public Library Book Club is reading Me Before You by Jojo Moyes for the August book selection.  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? 

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.

If you were Louisa, would you have quit working for the Traynors?  If yes, at what point?

Were you able to relate to the way Will felt after his accident?  What about his outlook on life did you find most difficult to understand or accept?

Why is Louisa able to reach Will when so many others could not?

Were you as surprised as Lou to learn of Will's plans?

Before his accident, Will was a philanderer and a corporate raider who would probably never have given Louisa a second look.  Why is it that people are so often unable to see what's truly important until they've experienced loss?

Let us know what you think of Me Before You!