Delicacy - A memoir about cake and death

'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

In Delicacy, award-winning writer and actor Katy Wix writes of twenty-one moments that have defined her life, each one beginning with a memory of cake. The sickly royal icing marked the moment she 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 supermarket rock cake was where she 'practised wanting'. Exquisitely written, Delicacy is about grief, addiction, love, loss, and hope. It is shocking, raw, darkly funny and deeply humane - a fresh take on memoir from an astonishing new voice.

'Hectically funny, eloquently angry' - TLS

'A stunning book in which darkness and light, tragedy and humour, pain and hope are all masterfully, affectingly balanced' - Liam Williams

'Gentle, heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny' - Rose Matafeo

'Relatable, hilarious, and moving' - Mae Martin 'Honest, raw, profound, deeply moving and funny' - Bridget Christie

About the author

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.

Summary

A powerful, humane, and darkly comic memoir from actor, comedian and Taskmaster star Katy Wix

Product details

• Authors: Katy Wix, Wix Katy
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.01.2022
• EAN: 9781472261205
• ISBN: 978-1-4722-6120-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 194 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Wales, SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, COOKING / Comfort Food, PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Comfort food and food nostalgia, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, Wales / Cymru