‘She showed me almost anything is possible’
Lisa Arterton, 39, is a trauma rehabilitation therapist and lives in Cheshire with her husband Edward, 40, and their children Ellie, 14, Lucia, seven, and Hugo, one.
Until the age of 11, my childhood was carefree. Brought up by my parents, along with my siblings, Peter, now 28, and Georgina, 30, I always felt we were a happy family. I was shocked in 1995 when my parents’ marriage ended.
Mum did her best to carry on, although I know she struggled at times. But worse was to come. At 18, I’d just moved in with Simon – my partner at the time – and had started working for a tour operator – when I had a
