How do you keep going when your world is falling apart? Discover the powerful story of stand-up comic Anthony Griffith and how to navigate grief through persistence, faith, humor and love. Now available in trade paper.
Just as Anthony’s career in stand-up comedy launched him onto the stage of The Tonight Show, he and his wife Brigitte faced an unimaginable personal nightmare: their two-year-old daughter, Brittany Nicole, was dying from cancer. While Anthony performed under bright lights, he struggled not to succumb to the darkness of losing a child.
In this stirring memoir, Anthony Griffith and his wife of more than thirty years, Brigitte Travis-Griffin, share the powerful story of living between life’s funniest moments and its most heartbreaking tragedies.
With humor and deep insights into the human spirit, Behind the Laughter explores Anthony’s life and career as well as the bonds between parent and child and husband and wife. The surprising twists along Anthony’s path highlights experiencing God’s sustaining presence in the darkest moments as well as the sweetest dreams.
Behind the Laughter explores:
Find true inspiration along with laugh-out-loud humor in this remarkable story of resilience and grace in the face of loss.
Show moreHow do you keep going when your world is falling apart? Discover the powerful story of stand-up comic Anthony Griffith and how to navigate grief through persistence, faith, humor and love. Now available in trade paper.
Just as Anthony’s career in stand-up comedy launched him onto the stage of The Tonight Show, he and his wife Brigitte faced an unimaginable personal nightmare: their two-year-old daughter, Brittany Nicole, was dying from cancer. While Anthony performed under bright lights, he struggled not to succumb to the darkness of losing a child.
In this stirring memoir, Anthony Griffith and his wife of more than thirty years, Brigitte Travis-Griffin, share the powerful story of living between life’s funniest moments and its most heartbreaking tragedies.
With humor and deep insights into the human spirit, Behind the Laughter explores Anthony’s life and career as well as the bonds between parent and child and husband and wife. The surprising twists along Anthony’s path highlights experiencing God’s sustaining presence in the darkest moments as well as the sweetest dreams.
Behind the Laughter explores:
Find true inspiration along with laugh-out-loud humor in this remarkable story of resilience and grace in the face of loss.
Show moreAnthony Griffith, a successful stand-up comedian for more than
thirty years, made his way from Chicago’s South Side to the city’s
comedy clubs and out to Los Angeles, where he performed multiple
times on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and later with Jay
Leno. He has been featured in specials for Comedy Central, HBO, and
Showtime and on The Arsenio Hall Show. Also an actor, Griffith has
appeared in several movies, including Panther, Tales from the Hood,
and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, and received a Daytime Emmy
for his performance in the TV movie Our Father. Griffith also
performed in the TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Bernie Mac
Show.
Dr. Brigitte Travis-Griffin is a clinical psychologist
specializing in a concierge delivery system of therapy for
entertainment and creative professionals. She and Anthony Griffith
have been married for more than thirty years. Brigitte received her
PsyD from the California School of Professional Psychology and her
BS from UCLA.
Mark Caro is the award-winning author of The Foie Gras Wars and
Take It to the Bridge: Unlocking the Great Songs Inside You. For
more than twenty-five years, he covered entertainment, food, and
culture for the Chicago Tribune. He continues to contribute to the
New York Times, Chicago magazine, and other publications.
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