Mark outperforms Sam, but Charly decides she prefers Sam anyway.

Engagement Challenge: In order to decide which man to be with Charly devises a competition where she will go on a series of dates with each of them in which they'll do something 'family' related ( Parents for a Day, shopping on a budget, etc).Easy Evangelism: At first Charly doesn't believe anything the missionaries tell her, but when she reads the Book of Mormon she's instantly converted.Sam: She's not clean in my eyes and she never will be. She told me what happened before she joined the Church.īishop Archer: She has completely repented. At first, Sam doesn't feel that Charly could ever truly repent from her past sexual transgressions, but after talking with his bishop and thinking it over, he comes to terms with it. Converting for Love: Averted, at least according to Charly, who insists that she isn't getting baptized because she likes Sam.Charly is a New Yorker, but she doesn't struggle all that much in adjusting to Utah culture. But even though he handily beats Sam, Charly still rejects him and sends him home to Boston. Cheaters Never Prosper: Mark secretly sabotages Sam's attempt at the Engagement Challenge without getting caught.They argue that since family is so important in the LDS Church, she shouldn't join it, though it's for that same reason Mormons believe temple marriage is so important. Sam also thinks this is what Charly's parents' attempts to convince their daughter not to join the Church are.

Lampshaded by Sam, who tries to convince her this is a Catch-22, but she doesn't understand. Sam's mother tries to persuade her son that she should convince Charly to wait a year before she joins the Church, and he shouldn't see her because she isn't Mormon.Bittersweet Ending: Charly dies from cancer, but Sam is reassured that they'll be together in the afterlife.Alleged Car: Sam owns an old Jeep that is either stuck in Two-Wheel Drive or stuck in Four-Wheel Drive.Adaptation Expansion: The book expands a lot on the short story, which just covers Sam meeting Charly, her conversion, and almost engagement to Mark.A film adaptation of the book was released in 2002. In 1981, Weyland wrote a sequel to Charly titled Sam. She goes back to New York for school and almost gets engaged to a guy named Mark, though Sam convinces her to postpone the announcement and she has to choose between them. Charly also finds Sam's religious beliefs absurd, but she converts to Mormonism after getting lessons from the missionaries. Sam finds her enigmatic but comes to like how she approaches life. He meets Charlene 'Charly' Riley, a witty New Yorker whose parents are moving to Utah. Sam Roberts is studying computer science at Brigham Young University. Charly is a 1980 romantic novel by Jack Weyland based on his 1974 short story of the same name.

Charly by jack weyland