Dreaming of Flight

A Novel

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrated by: Janet Metzger, Michael Crouch

An unexpected connection becomes the saving grace for two unlikely friends in a heart-stirring novel about love, loss, and moving forward by a New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.

Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised on a farm by their older sister. Stewie steadfastly tends the chickens left by his beloved late grandmother. And every day Stewie goes door to door selling fresh eggs from his wagon—a routine with a surprise just around the corner. It’s his new customer, Marilyn. She’s prickly and guarded, yet comfortably familiar—she reminds the grieving Stewie so much of the grandmother he misses more than he can express.

Marilyn has a reason for keeping her distance: a secret no one knows about. Her survival tactic is to draw a line between herself and other people—one that Stewie is determined to cross. As their visits become more frequent, a complicated but deeply rooted relationship grows. That’s when Stewie discovers how much more there is to Marilyn, to her past, and to challenges that become more pressing each day. But whatever difficult times lie ahead, Stewie learns that although he can’t fix everything for Marilyn or himself, at least he’s no longer alone.

©2022 Catherine Ryan Hyde, Trustee, or Successor Trustee, of the Catherine Ryan Hyde Revocable Trust created under that certain declaration dated September 27, 1999. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great like all her books! Loved it! and will tell

everyone I know about the book! The boy is adorable, who would not want him for a grandson?

Well written!!

The innocence of a child and the power it can bring to others! Loved this book!

Wow! She did it again!

No one does schmaltz better than Ms. Hyde! I can’t wait for her next book!!!

Dreaming of Flight is a very good story.

Lovely story of youth, aging, memory, being literal, and community. Thoroughly enjoyed and will recommend!

Insightful as always

as always, Catherine Ryan Hyde has delivered another insightful novel. Seemingly simple life truths delivered skillfully.