Coming from a broken home

[Bassim]

I am wondering if my sentences are grammatically correct.

Coming from a broken home, Bea was at a disadvantage from the beginning. But thanks to her strong will she went to university and became a teacher.

 

[emsr2d2]

From the beginning of what?

 

[Bassim]

I meant to write "from the beginning of her life", and believed I could omit "of her life."

 

[emsr2d2]

Had her parents separated/divorced by the day she was born?

 

[Bassim]

No. Her parents separated in her childhood.

Should I write instead like this?

Bea was at a disadvantage from her childhood.

 

[emsr2d2]

Bea had been at a disadvantage since the age of X.

You might want to bear in mind that being from a broken home isn't necessarily a disadvantage.

 

[teechar]

I'd use a comma after "will" in that sentence.