She shares her struggles to leave the orphanage and her tendency to hide in the words of her beloved books.

Sam's letters detail more than her academic pursuits. Debut novelist Reay laces Sam's speech, thoughts, and even her early journalistic endeavors with quotes and references from Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Charles Dickens, among others. Knightley,' could just as easily have begun %E2%80%98Dear Diary.' Her elusive benefactor seems to know Sam's penchant for classic literature, pulling his pseudonym from Jane Austen's Emma. Sam's letters, though addressed to %E2%80%98Mr. The grant holds an unusual stipulation: She must write regularly to the anonymous donor, as she would in a journal. In order, however, to pursue her dream of writing, she remains and accepts a grant to attend journalism school.

But just as Sam finally begins to trust, she learns that Alex has secrets of his own-secrets that, for better or for worse, make it impossible for Sam to hide behind either her characters or her letters.Samantha Moore is more than ready to leave Grace House, the orphanage she has lived in for eight years. Knightley regularly to keep him apprised of her progress.As Sam’s true identity begins to reveal itself through her letters, her heart begins to soften to those around her-a damaged teenager and fellow inhabitant of Grace House, her classmates at Medill, and, most powerfully, successful novelist Alex Powell. The sole condition is that Sam write to Mr. Knightley” offers her a full scholarship to earn her graduate degree at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. But most importantly, they protect her from revealing her true self and encountering more pain.After college, Samantha receives an extraordinary opportunity. Her fictional friends give her an identity, albeit a borrowed one. Knightley is a contemporary epistolary novel with a delightful dash of Jane Austen.Samantha Moore survived years of darkness in the foster care system by hiding behind her favorite characters in literature, even adopting their very words. But most importantly, they protect her from revealing her tr Dear Mr.

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