Vicky 's first person narratives plus a few family conversations scattered through the books establish that her mother met Dr. Austin while singing at a military hospital and subsequently gave up a minor singing career to marry him and have children .
Her mother is the former Victoria Eaton .
Vicky 's first person narratives plus a few family conversations scattered through the books establish that her mother , the former Victoria Eaton , met Dr. Austin while singing at a military hospital and subsequently gave up a minor singing career to marry him and have children .