Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Living… trapped in a wheelchair without the use of his lower body in a quiet British town. Before his accident, Will lived life on the edge. Although he raced motorcycles himself, he was paralyzed in an ironic twist – when a motorcycle crashed into him one fateful rainy day when he was walking to work.
Profession… former banker. Will was born into a wealthy family and didn’t really need to work a day in his life. Nevertheless, he was driven to succeed and landed a coveted job as a banker.
Interests… black-diamond skiing, traveling the world, and keeping a busy social life. But he can’t do any of that since the accident, so he passes the days watching foreign films.
Relationship Status… single. Will not only lost the use of his legs after the accident, he also lost his fiancé, who left him.
Challenge… finding a reason to go on living. Will is close to throwing in the towel on life – planning to commit suicide in six months. Will’s mom is doing everything she can to stop him from doing that and has hired a perky young woman named Louisa to try to raise his spirits.
Personality… intellectual and driven. Will can also be incredibly charming, but he hasn’t found much reason lately to be so. Deeply bitter and depressed, he is not easy to be around – especially for Louisa, who has taken one of the hardest jobs of her life.
Get to Know him in...
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Louisa "Lou" is caught between dead-end jobs. Her new boss is a high-profile successful man who is wheelchair-bound following an accident. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But Lou becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together—each finding their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
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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 '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.
