Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

A fiercely intelligent but emotionally guarded young woman who grew up in the foster system earns a life-changing scholarship and responds to an anonymous patron by writing a series of intimate letters; through friendships, a tentative romance, and the gentle prodding of mentors she slowly confronts the traumas of her past, discovers her voice as a writer, and learns to trust, forgive, and accept the possibility of family and faith.

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