Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)

by Jojo Moyes

. . it’s very good that you’ve got over the hump, so to speak. I know it can be crushing to have to readjust your life so dramatically around new expectations.” I stared at the remains of my poached salmon. I had never heard anyone speak to Will like that. He frowned at the table, and then turned back to her. “I’m not sure I am over the hump,” he said quietly. She eyed him for a moment, and glanced over at me. I wondered if my face betrayed me. “Everything takes time, Will,” she said, placing her hand briefly on his arm. “And that’s something that your generation find it a lot harder to adjust to. You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously. You all expect to live the lives you chose. Especially a successful young man like yourself. But it takes time.” “Mrs. Rawlinson—Mary—I’m not expecting to recover,” he said. “I’m not talking about physically,” she said. “I’m talking about learning to embrace a new life.”