Leah's Reviews > Dreaming of Flight

I’ve just finished Dreaming of Flight by Catherine Ryan Hyde and it was such a heartwarming and beautiful read, one that had me in tears within 50 pages.

‘It’s always worth it to love someone. Even at the risk of losing them’ is quoted on the back of the book and it sums this book up perfectly. Stewie has suffered more loss in his young, eleven-year-old life than most people ever will and when he finds himself with leftover eggs, he ventures to the next house in the street where he sells his eggs and he meets Marilyn. The two soon form a relationship that could crack at any time as Marilyn has secrets she doesn’t want anyone to find out.

Dreaming of Flight was such a gorgeous, beautiful read. Catherine’s novels are always so full of heart and warmth and I absolutely adored Stewie - and Marilyn, actually, she was spiky but she had a good heart too, deep down. I flew through this book in such quick time, as I was so absorbed with Stewie’s story and I just loved how he saw the world, he clearly felt everything deeply but he also had more wisdom in his little finger than I do in my whole body.

I adored this book, these characters and I was very sad when I finished this book - I’m just going to have to read another of Catherine’s books soon because they are truly wonderful reads.