Jojo Moyes

she had got ill, that that's the route she would have chosen because she was furious and unhappy about the indignities that she had to suffer as a woman who could no longer take care of herself.

It's a lot.

It's a lot of things that you don't even think about as an able-bodied person.

And I came up with this story idea

And I told my publishers and they kind of looked at me like, oh, OK.

And then I think if we're going to talk money, I'll tell you, they offered me one sixth of the amount that they'd been offering me.

And Penguin Michael Joseph, who had been

I wouldn't say courting me, but they'd certainly let me know that they'd be interested.

Their managing director, Louise, had loved a couple of my books and was sort of furious on my behalf that they hadn't done better.

And so I had lunch with her and she laid out exactly what she would do.

And she said, we're not going to be able to rebuild you quickly because your sales history is terrible.

But we can do it.

And we love your work.

And we think, you know, and they offered me the same amount of money.

But I just felt that.

Yes, more aligned.

More aligned.

She was so enthusiastic.

More importantly, she had this vision that I trusted.

She knew exactly what she wanted to do with me.