' Refreshingly romantic dangerously good fun hugely addictive' Joanne Harris author of Chocolat Charlie St. Cloud was a blessed boy destined to do good things in high places. But all that changed the night he survived the car crash that killed his little brother Sam. Years later Charlie is still trying to atone for his loss. He has stayed at home in his snug New England fishing village tending the lawns & monuments of the ancient cemetery where his brother is buried. You see Charlie is graced with an extraordinary gift: he can see talk to & even play catch with Sam's spirit. Theirs is a perfect magical world untroubled until Charlie meets Tess Carroll a captivating adventurous yachtswoman training for a solo trip around the world. Suddenly he is faced with a choice -- between death & life the past & the present holding on & letting go. The Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic & exhilarating novel about second chances & the liberating power of love. ' Heart-meltingly moving.' Glamour ' Sherwood makes you believe -- & that's miracle enough' Newsweek