PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Michael Holding was born in Jamaica in 1954 and played 60 Tests for the West Indies between 1975 and 1987, taking 249 wickets. After retiring from the game, he became a commentator, mainly working for Sky Sports.
'The best book about racism I've ever read. Powerful, passionate, challenging, and, like the author's fast bowling, at times very uncomfortable. I learned a lot & it made me think a lot.' -- Piers Morgan, TV presenter and journalist 'This amazing book' -- Chris Evans * Virgin Radio * 'The most important book by a sportsperson you may ever read. But calling it a sports book would not remotely do it justice... Why We Kneel, How We Rise is powerful precisely because, even after confronting the horror on a scale that makes your blood boil, it tells us that there is still, and always will be, hope.' -- Nakul Pande * The Cricketer * 'Shocking and at times difficult to read... The relentless accrual of detail tracks a process of dehumanisation of the black race...and it presents an inarguable case. Holding and his co-writer Ed Hawkins have taken a vast and complex subject and made it human.' -- Jon Hotten * Wisden Cricket Monthly * 'A sober, densely researched account of racial discrimination' * Morning Star *
