Behind the Laughter: A Comedian's Tale of Tragedy and Hope

This book shares the powerful story of stand-up comic Anthony Griffith and how to navigate grief through persistence, faith, humor, and love. While Anthony’s career 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. Despite performing under bright lights, Anthony struggled to cope with the darkness of losing a child.

Anthony and Brigitte share their story of living between life’s funniest moments and its most heartbreaking tragedies. With humor and deep insights into the human spirit, this book explores Anthony’s life, career, and the bonds between parent and child and husband and wife. The surprising twists along Anthony’s path highlight experiencing God’s sustaining presence in the darkest moments and the sweetest dreams.

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