Delicacy
A memoir about cake and death
Published on 15. April 2021
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4722-6119-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing.' - The i paper
'A layer cake of truth, pain and wisdom iced with charm. I loved it.' - Sue Perkins
'Painfully raw and incredibly funny' - Simon Amstell
'A book that offers many pleasures . . . hectically funny, eloquently angry.' - TLS
'Katy sees the world like no one else and deciphers it with extraordinary beauty. Delicacy took my breath away' - Lolly Adefope
'Heartbreaking, ridiculously clever and laugh out loud funny. One of the best books on trauma I've ever read'
- Scarlett Curtis
'Fabulous story-telling and completely delicious writing' - Cariad Lloyd, host of Griefcast
'Katy is a stunning writer, seamlessly moving between bitingly funny moments and moments that make you violently, cathartically sob at 2am. An absolute belter of a book that stays with you' - Roisin Conaty
'Brilliantly original, funny and insightful. Dry and comic, but also very moving. I absolutely loved Delicacy' - Katy Brand
'Gentle, heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny and poetically told - an intimate memoir that stays with you'
- Rose Matafeo
'A stunning book in which darkness and light, tragedy and humour, pain and hope are all masterfully, affectingly balanced' - Liam Williams
'Deeply comforting in how relatable it is, hilarious, and moving. I felt like this book was my best friend as soon as I started reading it'
- Mae Martin
'Brimming with graceful, charming writing - this book perfectly encapsulates so many moments we face as girls and women and I only wish I'd read it sooner' - Kiri Pritchard-McLean
'Honest, raw, profound, deeply moving and funny' - Bridget Christie
'A deeply dark slice of comedic mastery' - Sarah Solemani
'An exquisite and important book. Delicacy is funny and sad and beautiful' - Maeve Higgins
'Katy has one of the most singular and enviable minds working today (and tomorrow)' - Jamie Demetriou, creator of Stath Lets Flats
'I loved this wry melancholy memoir and identified so much. Full of breathtaking intimacy and honesty, ultimately a comfort, this spoonful of wise and funny sugar helps the medicine of maturity go down.'
- Alice Lowe
From award-winning comedian and writer Katy Wix comes Delicacy - a different kind of memoir from an astonishing new voice.
Twenty-one snapshots of a life - some staccato, raw and shocking, some expansive, meditative, and profound, underpinned with moments of startling humour that shatter the darkness - all beginning with a single memory. A memory of cake.
The sickly royal icing marked the moment Katy found her voice. The madeira cake was the sun her group therapy sessions orbited. The 'missing cake' from a lost holiday has never let go. The Bara brith eaten in hospital after a life-altering car crash was as tough as the metal that hit her. The supermarket rock cake was where she 'practised wanting'.
Shocking, raw, darkly funny and deeply humane, Katy Wix's exploration of trauma, grief, addiction, love, loss, memory and hope is truly unforgettable.
'A layer cake of truth, pain and wisdom iced with charm. I loved it.' - Sue Perkins
'Painfully raw and incredibly funny' - Simon Amstell
'A book that offers many pleasures . . . hectically funny, eloquently angry.' - TLS
'Katy sees the world like no one else and deciphers it with extraordinary beauty. Delicacy took my breath away' - Lolly Adefope
'Heartbreaking, ridiculously clever and laugh out loud funny. One of the best books on trauma I've ever read'
- Scarlett Curtis
'Fabulous story-telling and completely delicious writing' - Cariad Lloyd, host of Griefcast
'Katy is a stunning writer, seamlessly moving between bitingly funny moments and moments that make you violently, cathartically sob at 2am. An absolute belter of a book that stays with you' - Roisin Conaty
'Brilliantly original, funny and insightful. Dry and comic, but also very moving. I absolutely loved Delicacy' - Katy Brand
'Gentle, heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny and poetically told - an intimate memoir that stays with you'
- Rose Matafeo
'A stunning book in which darkness and light, tragedy and humour, pain and hope are all masterfully, affectingly balanced' - Liam Williams
'Deeply comforting in how relatable it is, hilarious, and moving. I felt like this book was my best friend as soon as I started reading it'
- Mae Martin
'Brimming with graceful, charming writing - this book perfectly encapsulates so many moments we face as girls and women and I only wish I'd read it sooner' - Kiri Pritchard-McLean
'Honest, raw, profound, deeply moving and funny' - Bridget Christie
'A deeply dark slice of comedic mastery' - Sarah Solemani
'An exquisite and important book. Delicacy is funny and sad and beautiful' - Maeve Higgins
'Katy has one of the most singular and enviable minds working today (and tomorrow)' - Jamie Demetriou, creator of Stath Lets Flats
'I loved this wry melancholy memoir and identified so much. Full of breathtaking intimacy and honesty, ultimately a comfort, this spoonful of wise and funny sugar helps the medicine of maturity go down.'
- Alice Lowe
From award-winning comedian and writer Katy Wix comes Delicacy - a different kind of memoir from an astonishing new voice.
Twenty-one snapshots of a life - some staccato, raw and shocking, some expansive, meditative, and profound, underpinned with moments of startling humour that shatter the darkness - all beginning with a single memory. A memory of cake.
The sickly royal icing marked the moment Katy found her voice. The madeira cake was the sun her group therapy sessions orbited. The 'missing cake' from a lost holiday has never let go. The Bara brith eaten in hospital after a life-altering car crash was as tough as the metal that hit her. The supermarket rock cake was where she 'practised wanting'.
Shocking, raw, darkly funny and deeply humane, Katy Wix's exploration of trauma, grief, addiction, love, loss, memory and hope is truly unforgettable.
Reviews / Votes
A book that gets wiser, darker, and more brutally truthful every time you turn the page. Word of mouth is slowly turning it into a passionately recommended cult hit. A book you give a friend in trouble - like a shot of whisky, or a life raft. Or, like the book suggests, cake. * Caitlin Moran * A layer cake of truth, pain and wisdom iced with charm. I loved it. * Sue Perkins * Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing. * The i Paper * Raw, profound and relatable. * Stylist * Painfully raw and incredibly funny * Simon Amstell * A book that offers many pleasures . . . hectically funny, eloquently angry. * TLS * Heartbreaking, ridiculously clever and laugh out loud funny. One of the best books on trauma I've ever read. * Scarlett Curtis * Gentle, heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny and poetically told - an intimate memoir that stays with you * Rose Matafeo * Katy sees the world like no one else and deciphers it with extraordinary beauty. Delicacy took my breath away * Lolly Adefope * Honest, raw, profound, deeply moving and funny * Bridget Christie * Wix is such an astonishingly good writer that she makes this into an unlikely page-turner. She turns her pain into poetry: intimate, candid, exquisitely described, deftly using words rich with grace, pain and power. * Chortle * Fabulous story-telling and completely delicious writing * Cariad Lloyd * A stunning book in which darkness and light, tragedy and humour, pain and hope are all masterfully, affectingly balanced. * Liam Williams * Brilliantly original, funny and insightful. Dry and comic, but also very moving. I absolute loved Delicacy * Katy Brand * Painfully vivid . . . insightful. * Sunday Express * Deeply comforting in how relatable it is, hilarious, and moving. I felt like this book was my best friend as soon as I started reading it * Mae Martin * Brimming with graceful, charming writing - this book perfectly encapsulates so many moments we face as girls and women and I only wish I'd read it sooner * Kiri Pritchard-McLean * An exquisite and important book. Delicacy is funny and sad and beautiful * Maeve Higgins * Katy has one of the most singular and enviable minds working today (and tomorrow) * Jamie Demetriou * Wix is showing a different side to herself, not only demonstrating her talents as a gifted writer but laying bare traumatic parts of her life with an honesty and openness that might surprise fans of her TV work. * The Sunday Post * It is mesmerisingly good. * The i paper * Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing * The i paper *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4722-6119-9 (9781472261199)
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E-Book
04/2021
1st Edition
Headline
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Person
Katy Wix is a Welsh actor, writer and artist.
She is best known for the TV shows Stath Lets Flats, Taskmaster and Ghosts. She has written two series of her own Radio 4 sitcom, Bird Island. She has written two acclaimed books of monologues for women. Delicacy is her first non-fiction book. She lives in London.
She is best known for the TV shows Stath Lets Flats, Taskmaster and Ghosts. She has written two series of her own Radio 4 sitcom, Bird Island. She has written two acclaimed books of monologues for women. Delicacy is her first non-fiction book. She lives in London.