{"product_id":"9780571368778","title":"Rising to the Surface : 'Moving and honest' OBSERVER by Lenny Henry","description":"The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.   '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.   We 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.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201750696114,"sku":"9780571368778","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9780571368778_1f594304-1bf9-4de9-852c-b491bd63a1a9.jpg?v=1699033591","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780571368778","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}