She's known around the world as the domestic goddess, a global superstar with a hit TV show and a string of award winning best seller cook books. But life wasn't always so sweet for this once painfully shy girl whose mother was a catering heiress and father, one of Britain's leading politicians. Nigella suffered her parents' divorce in the glare of publicity that was followed by an appalling triple tragedy. She was left a young widow with two small children after cancer claimed not only her younger sister and her mother but also the beloved husband who she had met as a young journalist and who helped set her on the road to stardom. Now happily remarried, this international superstar continues to bring her irresistible vivacity, charm and passion to cook to millions of fans.