ANNIE DREAMING is a companion or parallel novel to METAL MAN WALKING. Annabelle Logan grows up in Ohio in Turtle Creek Township with her father Jim, her mother Judith, her older brothers Richard and Charles. In the fifth year of a successful baseball career, Charlie vanishes from Atlanta, Georgia. Although Annie doesn't know where he is or whether he is alive, she directly communicates with Charlie. Her oldest brother Rick, whose helicopter is shot down over Vietnam, comes back from the dead. And Judith, despite a horrific childhood, maintains a warm, loving attitude while her husband, Jim struggles to overcome a deep, abiding loneliness. ANNIE DREAMING invites you to experience love and healing as one family overcomes violence and comes to grips with loss.