He attempted to cut himself and bleed to death after Camilla refused to hire an end-of-life company, Dignitias, to assist with his suicide. One day, Louisa overhears Camilla and Will’s sister talking about Will’s suicide attempt. Despite their rocky start, Louisa and Will start to bond over the stories they share. A resentful Will often makes snippy comments to Louisa, whom he curtly calls, “Clark.” He becomes especially caustic after his former girlfriend, Alicia, becomes engaged to his best friend, Rupert. Will is an emotionally combative man whom Louisa does not want to work for, but her family’s impoverished situation encourages her to take the job anyway. Though Treena is unemployed, Louisa often feels overshadowed by Treena because her younger sister is so outgoing and garrulous.

Katrina, “Treena,” is a single mother, and Louisa chooses to sleep in a closet so that Katrina and her daughter can have the larger room.

The family’s youngest, Katrina, also lives with their mother. After a rude interaction with a mob of men at twenty, Louisa fears to venture out of the confines of her own small town. Louisa is not the most adventurous of heroines. Camilla is married to Steven, a friendly businessman their marriage is on the rocks and further stressed by Will’s situation. His mother, Camilla, employs Louisa to rekindle his joy for life another full-time nurse, Nathan, already sees to his medical requirements. But now, he is incapable of moving, feeding himself, or having sex. Before the accident, Will climbed rocks at Yosemite, swam in Iceland’s volcanic hot springs, and had his pick of any gorgeous model out there. Will, who had led an action-packed life thanks to his intelligence and wealth, is angry at the world and wants nothing more than to die. Louisa is to care for Will Traynor, who, at thirty-five, has been paralyzed from the neck down for two years after a motorcycle hit him.

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