Lou's mom is furious about this and tells her to not return home if she decides to go. Furious, Lou ignores Will when they return home.Įventually, Lou relents and decides to share Will's final moments with him at Dignitas, the assisted suicide facility. Although he loves her, too, Will says that he's going through with it. On the final night of the vacation, Lou kisses Will and declares her love for him, saying that she knows about his plan but wants him to be with her.

Lou is amazed by the beauty of this exotic place-not to mention her growing feelings toward Will. The big trip comes near the end of the six months: an all-expenses paid vacation to Mauritius, a small island off the coast of Africa. Some of these trips don't go well, like one ill-advised jaunt to the horse races, but some are truly eye-opening, like a romantic night at the symphony. Lou's job has actually been to make sure he doesn't hurt himself before then.Īlthough Lou is shaken by this revelation, she has a plan: she'll take Will on a series of excursions to show him that life is still worth living. That is, until Lou learns the truth about why she was hired: after a previous suicide attempt, Will made his mother promise to take him to an assisted suicide facility in six months to end his life. With time, however, he slowly warms up to Lou, and their relationship grows closer and closer. Unfortunately, Will is a total jerk at first. His mother, Camilla, tells Lou that her job will be to monitor him at all hours of the day, even though he already has a professional taking care of his medical needs. Will is a young business executive and extreme sports enthusiast whose life was forever changed two years earlier when he was hit by a motorcycle while crossing the street, leaving him almost completely paralyzed. Bummed, Lou goes job hunting until she lands a gig as a caretaker for a paralyzed man named Will Traynor. She worked at café until its owner abruptly announced that he was shutting the place down, leaving her jobless.

Lou Clark is an Average Jane from a small town in England.

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