The One Plus One

A FEW years ago, JoJo Moyes, now 45, thought she’d have to give up writing. Her eight novels had been well reviewed, but her sales had started to slump. And when she decided to pen a book about a quadriplegic who wants to end his life at the Swiss Euthanasia Clinic, Dignitas, she did wonder if the book would sound the death-knell of her career.

Released in 2012, Me Before You became an instant bestseller, entering the English charts at number three.