Jojo Moyes
Author of Me Before You
About the Author
Jojo Moyes was born in London, England on August 4, 1969. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London and Bedford New College, London University. In 1992, she won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to attend the postgraduate newspaper journalism course at City University, show more London. She subsequently worked for The Independent for the next 10 years in various roles including assistant news editor and arts and media correspondent. Her first book, Sheltering Rain, was published in 2002. Her other works include Me Before You, One Plus One, The Girl You Left Behind, Silver Bay, The Ship of Brides, Honeymoon in Paris, After You, Windfallen, Paris for One and Other Stories, and The Horse Dancer. She won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2004 for Foreign Fruit and in 2011 for The Last Letter from Your Lover. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Jojo Moyes
Zvaigžņu dāvātāja : romāns 1 copy
Bir Arti Bir 1 copy
Associated Works
The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society: Breast Cancer Care Short Story Collection (2009) — Contributor — 97 copies, 1 review
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- Legal name
- Moyes Arthur, Pauline Sara Jo
- Other names
- Moyes, Jojo
- Birthdate
- 1969-08-04
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Royal Holloway, University of London
City University, London - Occupations
- journalist
novelist - Short biography
- Pauline Sara Jo Moyes was born on 4 August 1969 and in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK, but grew up in London. She was the only child of Elizabeth J. McKee and James C. Moyes. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London and Bedford New College, London University. She lives on a farmhouse in Great Sampford, Essex with her husband, journalist Charles Arthur, and their three children.
After a varied career including stints as a minicab controller, typer of braille statements for blind people for NatWest, and brochure writer for Club 18-30 she did a degree at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University. In 1992 She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to attend the postgraduate newspaper journalism course at City University, and apart from 1994 when she worked in Hong Kong for the Sunday Morning Post, she worked at The Independent for ten years, including stints as Assistant news editor and Arts and Media Correspondent. She has been a full time novelist since 2002, when her first book, Sheltering Rain was published. She is one of only a few authors to have twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been translated into eleven different languages. - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Essex, England, UK - Map Location
- England, UK
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Reviews
I would actually give the book 4 stars. I knew when I picked up this book it was a love story between an able-bodied woman and a quadriplegic man and that it was a bestseller. But, ALL my assumptions that this would be a trite soap opera with a predictable happy ending turned out to be incorrect! It's actually much, much more.
This is a well researched, deeply believable story about a small group of ordinary people who find themselves in very difficult circumstances, and how each one handles show more that situation thoughtfully and in the best way he/she can.
It is about much more than the love story between the two main characters. It's also about the very definition of love. How lovers support one another when faced with difficult choices? How parents react when their children's values become different from their own? How does one weigh love against quality of life? And how the unique bond between siblings can be a blessing for some, but not for others?
There is ample detail about the day-to-day life of a disabled person -- from what's required for the simplest bodily functions to the restrictions experienced when trying to negotiate a world and society designed for the able bodied. In its own quiet way, ME BEFORE YOU raises a variety of complex issues that both draw you into the story and challenge you to think about your own values. show less
This is a well researched, deeply believable story about a small group of ordinary people who find themselves in very difficult circumstances, and how each one handles show more that situation thoughtfully and in the best way he/she can.
It is about much more than the love story between the two main characters. It's also about the very definition of love. How lovers support one another when faced with difficult choices? How parents react when their children's values become different from their own? How does one weigh love against quality of life? And how the unique bond between siblings can be a blessing for some, but not for others?
There is ample detail about the day-to-day life of a disabled person -- from what's required for the simplest bodily functions to the restrictions experienced when trying to negotiate a world and society designed for the able bodied. In its own quiet way, ME BEFORE YOU raises a variety of complex issues that both draw you into the story and challenge you to think about your own values. show less
Here is the completely satisfying conclusion to the three-novel ME BEFORE YOU series by Jojo Moyes, where every page is a joy to read. In fact, I consider this is the best of the three books. It's mature, fully believable, and has lots of of delightful surprises.
The Louisa Clark story continues, with Lou determined to take on New York City alone and maintain her new romance with Ambulance Sam by long distance. She becomes the paid assistant to a very wealthy “trophy” wife, joining a show more household with much more hired help and friction than she bargained for. Lou is working hard to balance the difficult role,—part paid help, part friend to her very sad boss— who, it turns out, is hiding her own secret.
At the same time, Louisa becomes immersed and captivated by the protected world of wealthy 5th Avenue — limos to take you everywhere, elegant charity functions to attend, and expensive designer gowns. (Moyes delightfully nails the excess, self-absorption and superficiality of upscale NYC.) And in the midst of all the difficulties of a long-distance romance, there’s that handsome and ambitious Wall Streeter, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Will Traynor, ardently pursuing Louisa.
But, as months go by, Louisa makes some interesting discoveries. There are less glamorous sections of the city. There’s more to the nasty widow who lives down the hall. And there are limits to the loyalty in an employer-employee relationship. It all compels Lou to take another look at what truly makes her happy and who she really wants to be.
I think what I liked best in the way this story unfolds (and I read it in 48 hours) is the unexpected twists and turns — so I was always puzzling how the book could possibly be resolved satisfactorily. Yet, Moyes did it. She managed to end this series that is less about the tragic death of Will Traynor and more of a coming-of-age story about a thirty-ish Brit who turns out to be her own extremely likable heroine. show less
The Louisa Clark story continues, with Lou determined to take on New York City alone and maintain her new romance with Ambulance Sam by long distance. She becomes the paid assistant to a very wealthy “trophy” wife, joining a show more household with much more hired help and friction than she bargained for. Lou is working hard to balance the difficult role,—part paid help, part friend to her very sad boss— who, it turns out, is hiding her own secret.
At the same time, Louisa becomes immersed and captivated by the protected world of wealthy 5th Avenue — limos to take you everywhere, elegant charity functions to attend, and expensive designer gowns. (Moyes delightfully nails the excess, self-absorption and superficiality of upscale NYC.) And in the midst of all the difficulties of a long-distance romance, there’s that handsome and ambitious Wall Streeter, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Will Traynor, ardently pursuing Louisa.
But, as months go by, Louisa makes some interesting discoveries. There are less glamorous sections of the city. There’s more to the nasty widow who lives down the hall. And there are limits to the loyalty in an employer-employee relationship. It all compels Lou to take another look at what truly makes her happy and who she really wants to be.
I think what I liked best in the way this story unfolds (and I read it in 48 hours) is the unexpected twists and turns — so I was always puzzling how the book could possibly be resolved satisfactorily. Yet, Moyes did it. She managed to end this series that is less about the tragic death of Will Traynor and more of a coming-of-age story about a thirty-ish Brit who turns out to be her own extremely likable heroine. show less
This book was very well-written, so I could not in fair conscience deny a perfect rating. However, the ending left me in physical pain for several days. I was so easily able to get attached to Louisa Clark because she reminded me so much of me in my younger days. Plain, never getting my own recognition for my wonderful talents, being overshadowed by another sibling who was just more flamboyant but given credit for being so intelligent and amazing. I think a lot of the book was predictable show more except the last thing that her boyfriend did. You think you know someone well, but you don't. This book covers the right-to-die so well from a personal aspect. I THOUGHT I knew what my strong beliefs were, but after getting attached to Will Traynor, former larger than life wealthy man in a wheelchair, I saw the other side of the fence. I thought I knew compassion for the handicapped, but after reading all of the obstacles they faced every time they wanted to do something different fun in public, it made me realize how if I am there to help someone in any way, I should jump ahead and do it without even asking. Great humanitarian theme involved! Just don't read this before any occasion where happiness is mandatory. Seriously! show less
“Yes, maybe this is a family. With all its mad history and chaos, heartbreaks, stupid jokes, ridiculous triumphs, and distinct lack of Noguchi coffee-tables, maybe this is my family.”
We All Live Here is a warm and lighthearted novel about the bonds of family from bestselling author JoJo Moyes.
It’s barely been eighteen months since Lila’s husband moved in with his much younger mistress (just weeks after the publication of her debut nonfiction book offering advice on how to build a show more strong marriage), followed by her beloved mother’s tragic death in a traffic accident, leaving Lila trying to keep it all together for the sake of her two daughters. But with writers block, recalcitrant plumbing, a grieving stepfather, dwindling finances, a dog that wont stop barking, and the unexpected appearance of her estranged biological father, Lila is barely hanging on.
A character driven novel, I was quickly invested in Lila’s struggle to reclaim her equilibrium in the wake of betrayal and loss. She easily earned my sympathy while navigating the needs of her family and herself, despite her mistakes. I enjoyed Lila’s conversations with her best friend, and the romantic subplot that has Lila torn between affable landscape gardener Jensen, and suave single dad, Gabriel.
With warring elderly fathers, a rebellious teen, and a guileless eight year old under one roof, Lila’s family dynamic is complicated. Plus there is her ex and his newly pregnant partner, whom Lila regularly has to face at the school gate to factor in. Moyes effortlessly communicates the daily chaos, compromises, and caring, familiar to every family. I liked the various strong-willed personalities of the main characters, and their interactions with one another.
I found We All Live Here to be well paced for a novel with close to 500 pages. Exploring the themes of heartbreak, longing, regret, forgiveness, and redemption, the serious moments are well balanced with humour. There aren’t really any surprises in the story but the author’s observations about what it means to be a family are witty and thoughtful.
An engaging read, We All Live Here is an amusing and satisfying domestic drama. show less
We All Live Here is a warm and lighthearted novel about the bonds of family from bestselling author JoJo Moyes.
It’s barely been eighteen months since Lila’s husband moved in with his much younger mistress (just weeks after the publication of her debut nonfiction book offering advice on how to build a show more strong marriage), followed by her beloved mother’s tragic death in a traffic accident, leaving Lila trying to keep it all together for the sake of her two daughters. But with writers block, recalcitrant plumbing, a grieving stepfather, dwindling finances, a dog that wont stop barking, and the unexpected appearance of her estranged biological father, Lila is barely hanging on.
A character driven novel, I was quickly invested in Lila’s struggle to reclaim her equilibrium in the wake of betrayal and loss. She easily earned my sympathy while navigating the needs of her family and herself, despite her mistakes. I enjoyed Lila’s conversations with her best friend, and the romantic subplot that has Lila torn between affable landscape gardener Jensen, and suave single dad, Gabriel.
With warring elderly fathers, a rebellious teen, and a guileless eight year old under one roof, Lila’s family dynamic is complicated. Plus there is her ex and his newly pregnant partner, whom Lila regularly has to face at the school gate to factor in. Moyes effortlessly communicates the daily chaos, compromises, and caring, familiar to every family. I liked the various strong-willed personalities of the main characters, and their interactions with one another.
I found We All Live Here to be well paced for a novel with close to 500 pages. Exploring the themes of heartbreak, longing, regret, forgiveness, and redemption, the serious moments are well balanced with humour. There aren’t really any surprises in the story but the author’s observations about what it means to be a family are witty and thoughtful.
An engaging read, We All Live Here is an amusing and satisfying domestic drama. show less
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