
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.