THE LAST GOODBYE

While you’re reading some kinds of stories, it’s advisable to keep a box of tissues handy, especially as you race towards the end.

I certainly made use of my own stack of Kleenex while I was turning the final few pages of Jojo Moyes’ bestseller Me Before You and had realised that very soon the two central characters were going to be saying their last goodbyes.

Saying a final farewell to someone we love – a child, a sibling, a parent, a friend – is one of the hardest and saddest thing we ever have to do in real life. It can be almost