Article: Happy Eva after; Life is blooming lovely for a natural survivor who fled her violent marriage.(Features)

Byline: JILL STEVENSON

AFTER yet another morning waking up with bruising, Eva Tombs-Heirman told her violent, alcoholic husband that she wanted a divorce.

She knew trying to support herself and her three children - aged nine, five, and two - wasn't going to be easy, but it was preferable to living with constant fear.

Eva, once a promising medical student in the US, couldn't quite believe how her life had turned out.

At the age of 32, she found herself trapped in an abusive marriage, living in a small cottage in Lasswade, Midlothian.

She was penniless and ...

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