Deanne Patterson's Reviews > Dreaming of Flight

This is a book I put off reading because I knew it would break my heat when I read it and it did, but it was also healed the more I read. Dealing with love, loss and moving on.
Dreaming of Flight is about an eleven-year-old boy as our main character. He's dealt with an unbelievable amount of loss in his short life: his parents shortly after his birth so he doesn't remember them and his grandmothers. He and his disabled brother are being raised by his adult sister. Though she does the best she can she works a lot, and he is lonely.
To keep his Gran's memory alive, he is continuing to raise her chickens and sell the eggs they lay.
His family desperately needs the egg money, and he gets to meet some neat people on his egg route.
One of his new customers is an elderly woman named, Marilyn. She reminds him so much of his grandmother and she seems to enjoy his company just as much. An unexpected friendship starts up with benefits to both. He visits her even when he's not selling eggs and when she gets in trouble with the law for a secret, she's been keeping he's there every step of the way. This touches of loss of independence for older adults. Many think children don't realize certain things because of their age but I believe children are much more perceptive than we give them credit for. This is a heartwarming full of depth story about a young boy, his adoptive grandmother and an awareness many of us as adults miss.
Highly recommended!

I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.