A delight for fellow lovers of the classics but also entertaining for those unfamiliar with referenced authors. The journal-entry format presents a deep first-person perspective as Sam learns to traverse the real world in search of her own happy ending. 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. Knightley: A Novel by Katherine Reay 4.3 (94) Paperback 15.99 Paperback 15.99 eBook 12.49 Audiobook 0. 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. Knightley is an emotional, haunting tale of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity. In order, however, to pursue her dream of writing, she remains and accepts a grant to attend journalism school. I simply couldnt put it down.' -Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Tower 'Dear Mr. Samantha Moore is more than ready to leave Grace House, the orphanage she has lived in for eight years.
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