Agatha Christie first started writing for two reasons. One, her sister made a bet that Christie couldn't write a good detective story. Second, writing was a relief from her monotonous work at a dispensary. Her work with medicines and poisons gave her the idea to implement them in her stories. Because of her work she was able to explain the process of the poisons and make sure they work in certain circumstances (About Agatha Christie). Also, working with poisons and medicines might have added to her creativity that was evident throughout her stories. Parts of her life can, at times, be represented through her work. For instance, during a time when Christie was busy with work, her mother died. Agatha Christie was very distraught. At that same time her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, was away on a business trip. He was not there to console Christie as she needed it. When he came home he broke her heart even more. He told her that he was in love and in relationship with another woman. The two had a really big fight and Agatha Christie ran away. She was eventually found in a hotel. Christie eventually remarried and continued writing novels. A few years later she wrote The A.B.C. Murders (Agatha Christie Biography). That part of her life is shown in part of the novel. One of the characters, Betty Barnard, was a victim of the murderer. When Poirot and Hastings were talking to Betty’s sister, Megan, they found out that Betty would occasionally go out with other men. She was engaged to Donald Fraser but would go out with others for fun. Although she did this, Betty was still serious with Fraser. The way Agatha Christie wrote it, it was opposite of the way it had happened in her life. Christie’s husband was going out with another girl. In the story, Betty was going out with other guys. Even though they are kind of backwards, this part of the story still reflects a time in Christie’s life that happened shortly before she wrote this novel. She might have written this to take some of the grief of her shoulders.