One of three brothers and two sisters, Hayes was never at a loss for things to do on the farm. "We were thirteen miles from school," Hayes told
AAYA, "and so we siblings, especially the brothers, formed a tight bond with each other. We also helped our father and uncle with the chores. But in ways I used to envy the kids from the nearby town. It was like they were the city kids. When I went to school in the little town of Greenwich, I thought that was really something--that was living." But Hayes was not so seduced by the allure of Greenwich; he still chose to raise calves and show them at the county fair--an experience that he re-created in his novel
Flyers. At school he was "a good under-achieving student," who focussed more on sports and social activities than he did on homework. "I liked sports and outdoor things, but I also loved books. When I had nothing else to do, I would pick up a book. I remember riding the bus home from school one day in the second grade and I borrowed the reader of this girl riding the bus with me.
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