Samantha feels awkward around other
people. She's never quite sure how to respond to them so she hides
behind quotes from her favorite Jane Austen characters. She worked
hard to put herself through college and thought she had found a way
to escape from Grace House, a home for orphans. She wants to be on
her own. But when she gets fired from her job, she lands back at
Grace House.
Luckily a scholarship to allow her to
attend graduate school is still available. Now Sam decides to take
the challenge and apply to the Medill Journalism School at
Northwestern University. However, there are strings attached. Mr.
Knightly, whose foundation grants the scholarship, wants her to write
to him. He won't write back, but she has to keep him abreast of how
she's doing. The letters provide an outlet and also chart her
progress in learning to keep from pushing people away and make
friends.
I enjoyed the book. If you feel awkward
in social situations, or are interested in becoming a writer, you'll
appreciate this book. Sam's insights about herself are things I can
relate to,
and I suspect others can also.
Although reading letters, can become
wearing, the author did a good job of providing long stretches of
description and dialog as part of the letters which provided a change
of pace that kept me reading.
My one disappointment with the book was
the ending. After Sam's struggles, I thought it wrapped things up too
neatly. It wasn't a bad ending. You could see it coming, but it
seemed weak after the tone of the rest of the book.
I reviewed this book for the Thomas
Nelson Booksneeze Program.
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