As a boy, Charlie St Cloud narrowly survived a car crash that killed Sam, his little brother. Years later, still unable to recover from his loss, Charlie has taken a job tending to the lawns and monuments in the New England cemetery where Sam is buried. When he meets Tess Carroll, a captivating, adventurous woman in training for a solo sailing trip around the globe, they discover a beautiful and uncommon connection that, after a violent storm at sea, eventually forces them to choose between death and life, past and present, holding on and letting go. The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud is a romantic and uplifting novel about second chances and the liberating power of love.

About the Author
Ben Sherwood is the author of The Man Who Ate the 747. He was an award-winning journalist with NBC and ABC News, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, he lives with his wife in New York and Los Angeles and is working on a new novel. To contact him, please visit his website at www.bensherwood.com.


Book Information
ISBN 9780330488907
Author Ben Sherwood
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Picador
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 206g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 19mm