A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY TROUBLED FATHER She is Stephen Hawking's only daughter. Here, she reveals how allegations of her stepmother's abuse of her father drove her to drink ... and to the brink of a nervous breakdown

From: Daily Mail | Date: April 14, 2004| Author: KATHRYN KNIGHT | Copyright information

EVEN by the dramatic standards of Lucy Hawking's life, the events of the past few months have proved particularly traumatic.

As the daughter of the world's most renowned paraplegic - the scientist who wrote A Brief History Of Time - the young Lucy grew up coping with both her father's genius and his extreme disability, which rendered her as much his carer as his child.

In her early 20s the family - Lucy's mother, Jane, and her two brothers, Robert and Tim - were left devastated...

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