zyneb asked Victoria Laurie:

Hi Victoria, I'am a huge fan of you books, literally once i start one i cannot put it down and I've always admired your work and dedication to your books. I was wondering if you could let all of us know, what is one book that had some sort of impact on your life aswell as writing ? Thanks , Zyneb

Victoria Laurie I love this question, Zyneb, thank you for asking it. I would say that the book that perhaps had the greatest impact on my life was one I read when I was ten-years-old. It was by an author named Erma Bombeck, and it was called, If Life Is A Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing In the Pits? The reason it had such an impact on me was that it was my first "adult" book - Erma was a housewife raising 3 kids, and she wasn't the most nurturing of souls, but she was FUNNY! I remember laughing and laughing as I turned the pages, and it was such an escape for me - as a kid, I was severely abused by a mentally ill mother - but this book gave me a window of light into another world, funny, sarcastic, witty world. I loved it, and I think I read it like twenty times. It definitely shaped how I approach my writing all these years later. Thank you again for your question. xoxo

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