Victoria Oak

Author of Sentenced, a true story of the remarkable, unlikely, long-lasting friendship between myself & a British prisoner in Thailand. Media @literallypr

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Sentenced is a true story that follows the remarkable and unlikely friendship that develops between two strangers – a London housewife bringing up four children and a British prisoner incarcerated in Thailand between 1998 and 2013. Available to buy now via links in bio. #Memoir

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Today for #ThrowbackThursday I am sharing our story as featured in the @DailyMailUK @MailOnline. Our #memoir Sentenced is based on building a life-long #friendship over seven-years of letter writing. #Thailand #prisonlife #SentencedBook @literallypr
https://t.co/rwDAETYk11

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

@luminaries_mag @literallypr Thank you

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

This article from @luminaries_mag includes extracts from Sentenced, a #memoir based on the friendship that developed between a London housewife and a British man sentenced to 50 years in jail for being caught as a drugs mule. #SentencedBook
https://t.co/ywKTACnYPU

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

As a debut #author I have enjoyed reading all the #bookreviews of Sentenced. Emma @bobsandbooks said: "You get a real insight into their relationship with copies of their letters sent, it’s fascinating to watch the tone/mood of the letters change." #memoir
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[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Great to see our story and Sentenced featured in @CrimeMonthly magazine. I hope our story teaches people to never be afraid to be kind to strangers, and that you can always find friendship, if you’re not afraid to take risks. #BeKind #BeKindAlways #Memoir @literallypr

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Sentenced is a true story that follows the remarkable & unlikely friendship that develops between two strangers – myself a London housewife bringing up four children & Andy a British prisoner incarcerated in Thailand between 1998 & 2013. Available to buy via link in bio. #Memoir

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

My daughter Emma gave me a book co-written by the @DalaiLama and a psychiatrist, called ‘The Art of Happiness’. #Happiness is a mental discipline, so every night I try to make my last thought happy and the first thought as I wake happy and stretch that out as long as possible.

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

@SidReviews @TheVanillaWrite @TheHariKumar @HarperCollinsIN Thanks for including Sentenced in your best books of 2021.

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Thanks @SidReviews for including Sentenced in your best books of 2021.

[Siddhant Agarwal @SidReviews]

Insincerely Yours by @TheVanillaWrite

Sentenced by @OakVictoria

Equations by Shivani Sibal

India's Most Haunted by @TheHariKumar
Both pub by @HarperCollinsIN

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Sentenced is described as a “delightful yet honest and raw story that leaves the reader feeling their highs and lows.” Thank you @ReviewStudioUK1 #memoir #bookreview

[ReviewStudioUK @ReviewStudioUK1]

Have you read Sentenced? The real life memoir by Andrew Hawke and Victoria Oak?

@literallypr

https://t.co/EPNWyLBRNK

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

@ReviewStudioUK1 @literallypr Thank you for your great review.

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Ceri @iheartbooks1991 said "Sentenced is an original & engaging book. Starting with the details of Andy’s crime & imprisonment, as well as how Andy & Vicky got to know one another. Overall, a shocking, moving & important #memoir that I thoroughly enjoyed."
https://t.co/Mg2UD370qj

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

The #GR20 is the toughest trek in Europe, beginning on the northern coast of #Corsica and ending in the south. You follow red and white stripes of paint daubed on rocks and trees every thirty to forty metres. The scenery is rugged and absolutely breathtaking. #travel #TrekTuesday

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

When my youngest son finished school & I’d realised that my marriage was over I set myself to do three things – GR20 in #Corsica, the Road to #Santiago & #Tibet. For the first time in many years, I was going to focus on myself & the things that I wanted to do! #travel #hiking

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

It is fantastic to hear that Kelly who thought she wouldn’t enjoy a #memoir was wrong! She said, “As soon as I began reading into the amazing lives of Andy and Victoria I was hooked." It’s lovely to hear her say that the ending “gave her all the feels." #BookReview #SentencedBook

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Sentenced is featured in the Whinge Whinge Wine Blog Christmas gift guide, there is also a chance to win your own copy. Fran said she has found Sentenced “compelling and moving and have been picking it up at every opportunity!” #Christmasgifts
https://t.co/OfNfGx27dD

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

A gap year student #volunteers to visit a British prisoner incarcerated in the notorious 'Bangkok Hilton.' How could she know that a chance encounter would have life-changing consequences for her mother and this stranger?" #InternationalVolunteersDay https://t.co/MI9G2iPJ3K

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Andy & I have developed a long-lasting #friendship which came about through such unlikely circumstances. It's wonderful to read this review which picks up on the special bond. "A great, in-depth account of two people who formed a special friendship that's very hard to come by."

[Victoria Oak @OakVictoria]

Once sentenced Andy was sent to Bang Kwang central #prison in #Thailand. Here the inmates are 20 prisoners to one cell. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for Andy to spend 15 hours of every day in these conditions, knowing he’d been sentenced to 40 years of his life.