Rising to the surface /
by Henry, Lenny.
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BookPublisher: London : Faber, 2022Description: vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780571368778 (hbk.) :; 0571368778 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 HENSubject(s): Henry, Lenny | Comedians -- Great Britain -- Biography | Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | Autobiography: general | Autobiography: arts & entertainment | MemoirsSummary: '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 programs, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, stand-up gigs in New York and a gala wedding to Dawn French. 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.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108691X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108565X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108564X |
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'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 programs, summer seasons across Britain, the starring role in a Hollywood film, stand-up gigs in New York and a gala wedding to Dawn French. 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.
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