{"product_id":"nowhere-to-go-but-up-what-angela-lansbury-can-teach-us-about-living-a-big-life-9798881842444","title":"Nowhere to Go But Up: What Angela Lansbury Can Teach Us about Living a Big Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively celebration and feminist reevaluation of Angela Lansbury's career, personal life, and myriad achievements in film, Broadway, and television-and how this icon can inspire us to live bigger and better.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePop culture writer Lily E. Hirsch weaves the history of the star's most memorable roles within each chapter while exploring her approach to life, including helping other people, trying new things, tuning out naysayers, judging with empathy, processing death, aging, navigating motherhood, and much more. Discover new insights into \u003ci\u003eMurder, She Wrote \u003c\/i\u003ethanks to new research materials and interviews with some of the show's primary players. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders will gain a new appreciation of Lansbury's strength, which she displayed early on after the death of her father in London and emigration during World War II. That strength supported her tremendous talent as she found work in the United States as an actress, first in film and then on Broadway and television. Lansbury would also raise a family and advocate for a healthy lifestyle and positive perspective with her fitness video and book \u003ci\u003ePositive Moves\u003c\/i\u003e. Along the way, Hirsch provides fun facts, a Lansbury-based personality quiz, a weekly horoscope from the \u003ci\u003eCabot Cove Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, and other entertaining features. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins Returns\u003c\/i\u003e, Lansbury sings \"Nowhere to Go but Up,\" a song with a message that summed up Lansbury's long career and outlook on life. With Lansbury's help, that same message might also find a place in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLily E. Hirsch \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, musician, and reformed academic (former professor at Cleveland State University). Her work has been featured in national publications such as \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as humor sites like \u003ci\u003eSlackjaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBelladonna Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrazzled\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of eight previous books including \u003ci\u003eWeird Al: Seriously \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCan't Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko On\u003c\/i\u003eo. She lives with her kids, husband, and very old dog in Bakersfield, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705214828818,"sku":"9798881842444","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2dec7362-f003-4abc-828b-f83f9aac431b.jpg?v=1762344049","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nowhere-to-go-but-up-what-angela-lansbury-can-teach-us-about-living-a-big-life-9798881842444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}