{"product_id":"9780571368778","title":"Rising to the Surface : 'Moving and honest' OBSERVER (by Lenny Henry)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Moving and ebullient' Daily Telegraph 'Relayed with characteristic exuberance and self-deprecation' Guardian Rising to the Surface traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s. The 16-year-old who won a talent competition, now has to navigate his way through the seas of professional comedy, learning his craft through sheer graft and hard work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe follow Lenny through a period of great creativity - prize-winning tv programmes, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, and stand-up gigs in New York. But with each rise there is a fall, the most traumatic being the death of his mother. But by the end of the book he has been able to rise through a sea of troubles and breaks out to the surface to accept the Golden Rose of Montreaux for his work in television.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49386286678243,"sku":"9780571368778","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9780571368778.jpg?v=1783619201","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.pro\/products\/9780571368778","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}