This is the new revised and updated 2009 edition. A Summer with Charlie will make you laugh. A Summer with Charlie will make you cry. This is a story about a young sailor who is discharged from the Navy with a terminal illness. The Story begins at the YMCA in Lawrence, Massachusetts and then migrates to Salisbury Beach for a summer of wild and crazy fun in the sun with Charlie and his old neighborhood corner buddies. This is a story about love and friendship.