Samantha Moore spent years of her life at Grace House, a place for children who have been removed from their families. After graduating from college, Sam had worked for a large company, but had lost her job, and at age twenty-three, she decided to see if a benefactor who had offered to pay her way through graduate school was still willing to fund her, and he was. The requirement for her funding in the journalism program was that she write letters regularly to the benefactor, who used the pseudonym Mr. Knightley, after a character in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
The book is comprised almost entirely of Sam's letters to the benefactor, with a few exceptions. Sam is a great fan of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, among other authors, and at a young age had found escape, solace, and coping mechanisms in their books, often hiding behind the words of their characters in her own life.
The book follows Sam's life from about the time of her application to get into grad school through to the end of the program, showing how her life, her writing, and her relationships change over time. Dear Mr. Knightley is the author's debut novel.
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