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The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud is a novel by Ben Sherwood. It is a fictional fable about an extraordinary experience of a man called Charlie St. Cloud who is resuscitated following a car accident that kills his brother.

Well, as some may know, a movie called "Charlie St. Cloud" is coming out! So if you're wondering what it's about, and all that, here is a summary of the book the movie is based on, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud.

Two brothers, Charlie (15) and Sam (12) decide to go to watch a baseball game. They "borrow" their neighbor's car and drive to the stadium. On the way back, however, Sam is killed. Thirteen years later, Charlie has grown up and is working at the Marblehead cemetery. Every evening at dusk he goes to a little nearby forest where he plays with Sam; Charlie has the gift of seeing ghosts. This also serves him well as an undertaker, because he can talk with the deceased. In the town lives Tess Carroll, a yachtswoman who wants to make a round-the-world trip. A week prior to her departure, she directs her yacht in to a storm to test it, but in an accident, Tess and the yacht are lost. Tess appears at the cemetery. She meets Charlie and they go on a date. The next day Tess realizes that people ignore her and the proof that something is wrong comes when she cannot see her reflection in water. What is more, she can play with Sam St. Cloud, the boy who died 13 years ago. Charlie is shocked at the thought that Tess could be dead. In the meantime everyone in the town in possession of a boat, including Charlie, explores the bay to find Tess's body. He has to admit that he hasn't seen the real Tess, only her spirit. Everyone gives up the search, but then Charlie feels that there is one place he has to go. With Sam's help he finds Tess's body. Tess is transported to a hospital where they stabilize her in a deep coma. A few months later, Charlie decides to quit his job and move on. During his last visit at the hospital Tess wakes up and after talking to him for a while she begins to recollect her memories as a ghost. The whole story is narrated by the dead firefighter, Florio, who resuscitates Charlie at the beginning of the story.

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