Dear Mr. 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....
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Dear Mr. 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. Her fictional friends give her an identity, albeit a borrowed one. But most importantly, they protect her from revealing her true self and encountering more pain.
After college, Samantha receives an extraordinary opportunity. The anonymous ?Mr. Knightley? offers her a full scholarship to earn her graduate degree at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. The sole condition is that Sam write to Mr. 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. 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.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 378980
- Product Code 9781401689681
- ISBNÂ 140168968X
- EANÂ 9781401689681
- Pages 336
- Department General Books
- Category Fiction
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Thomas Nelson Publishers
- Publication Date Apr 2014
- Sales Rank 68636
- Dimensions 212 x 139 x 23mm
- Weight 0.303kg
Katherine Reay
Katherine Reay has enjoyed a life-long affair with the works of Jane Austen and her contemporaries. After earning degrees in history and marketing from Northwestern University, she worked as a marketer for Proctor & Gamble and Sears before returning to school to earn her MTS. Her works have been published in "Focus on the Family" and the "Upper Room". Katherine currently lives with her husband and three children in Seattle. "Dear Mr. Knightley" is her first novel.