5 Books With Marblehead Ties

To honor National Read Across America Day this week, Marblehead Patch has picked 5 books with a local tie.

Each week, Marblehead Patch compiles a list of patch picks from everything from boutiques to restaurants. 

Here is this week's Picks for books with Marblehead ties:

1. An Actor and A Gentleman: Academy and Emmy Award winner, Lou Gossett, Jr., and co-author and Marblehead The book chronicles the actor's career and struggles. 

2. Marblehead's Pygmalion, Finding the Real Agnes Surriage: Written by Marshall Bauer, he found the folklore about Surriage "sickening" and decided Marshall moved to Marblehead and lives on the property of the old Fountain Inn.

3. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud: Marblehead for the novel the film is based on, and its character, places, and people played a role in setting the tone for author Ben Sherwood's "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud."

4. Beach Chair Diaries: Summer Tales from Maine to Maui: Written by Marbleheader Janet Spurr, the book is a collection of essays about summer, sand and the joy of relaxing on the beach.

5. Split Image: Written by Robert B. Parker, this Jesse Stone novel is set in "Paradise." Paradise is suspiciously like Marblehead with a Neck and all. Worth a read to figure out if we're living in Paradise, of course, most Marblehead residents already know that.