I knew going in that this book was a biographical sketch of Agatha Christie’s life, just as it says in a quote by Agatha’s second husband Max on the back of my book: “In Celia we have more nearly than anywhere else a portrait of Agatha.” And having read both Agatha’s autobiography and the Worsley biography, and knowing what happened in her life, I was prepared to have my heart broken, because let’s face it, Agatha’s first husband did her dirty. And this book did tug on my emotions because I knew that I was getting a glimpse into her most private feelings.

In her autobiography, Agatha glossed over her breakdown and disappearance in 1926, but in this book, written under a pen name, she poured her heart and soul into telling what we assume is her side of the story. At times it is brutally raw, so if you want to know how she truly felt about her life and what happened to her, I recommend reading this book. I thought it was fascinating!