evidence: You might think Agatha Christie was flighty or indifferent because her family was wealthy. Not so. During her childhood, the family’s assets dwindled. The death of Agatha’s father made Agatha’s mother’s finances even more precarious. By the time Agatha was a debut author at 30, her mother faced losing the family house called "Ashfield." Agatha was distraught. [...] Yet Agatha was driven by the desire and the necessity to write another book that would make money. [...] For many years she had been Agatha Christie, but as of 1928, broke and frightened of the future ahead of her, she became the Agatha Christie, and she would never doubt herself again.