{"product_id":"9780571368778-rising-to-the-surface","title":"Rising to the Surface","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Moving and honest' OBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving and ebullient' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eRelayed with characteristic exuberance and self-deprecation' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising to the Surface\u003c\/i\u003e traces Lenny Henry's career through the 80s and 90s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving and ebullient' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eRelayed with characteristic exuberance and self-deprecation' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising to the Surface\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40347877638241,"sku":"9780571368778","price":23.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36363287.jpg?v=1775065813","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571368778-rising-to-the-surface","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}