Challenge!

The revelatory memoir of a national treasure whopaved the way for women, breaking free from industry stereotypes in the '80s.

Nationaltreasure and television pioneer Anneka Rice has had an action-packed careerjumping out of helicopters, racing against the clock on Challenge Annekaand inspiring millions with her boundless energy and much-loved jumpsuits. Butthe daring spirit on screen was forged in a very different kind of challenge. In this candid memoir, Anneka opens up for the first time about the crucible of her unusualchildhood, revealing how the crippling loneliness she felt as a child andthe teenage years she spent bringing up her baby sister sparked the fierceresilience that would later define her. With her trademarkwarmth and wit, she shares the vibrant, transformative possibilities thatemerged from her arrival, aged nineteen, in Hong Kong on a one-way ticket,knowing no one, and describes the epiphanous moment in a refugee camp inKowloon that taught her to imagine a life far beyond the one she had leftbehind. Full ofheart, humour and hard-won wisdom, this is an astonishing story of adventureand survival, of personal battles and public triumphs. It's a manual on how to reinventyourself, throw caution to the wind and take the path full of jeopardy. It'smad, bad and dangerous - and should come with a warning: don't try this athome.