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Delicacy

A Memoir About Cake and Death

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Delicacy

By: Katy Wix
Narrated by: Katy Wix
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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.

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Critic reviews

"Painfully raw and incredibly funny." (Simon Amstell)

"Katy sees the world like no one else and deciphers it with extraordinary beauty. Delicacy took my breath away." (Lolly Adefope)

"Fabulous story-telling and completely delicious writing." (Cariad Lloyd, host of Griefcast)
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I loved this memoir for the parts that resonated and the parts that I couldn't imagine having to bear. My heart ached but it was wonderfully written.

Heartaching, wonderful memoir

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Without a doubt my favourite book of the year. Funny, poignant, insightful and intimate, this deeply moving and darkly humorous account of the absurdity of life, death and traumatic grief is so completely relatable. I know I will dip into this book again and again.

Brilliant

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What a beautiful and thought-provoking piece of writing. I loved it and want to listen to it again.

Just beautiful

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So, so beautiful. You will never look at cake the same way ever again. I knew Katy from her role on Ghosts and then listened to her appearance on Griefcast. But after listening to this book, I feel like she’s a writer/poet above all else. This is so exquisitely written and incredibly well read by her as well. It reminds me of Robert Webb’s How Not To Be A Boy and Jenny Slate’s Little Weirds. Intimate, insightful, vulnerable, tender, hopeful.

So beautiful, I listened to this in a single day

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I was expecting more comic moments judging from the cover, but this was an honest and often raw storytelling through moments of family life and growing up. Dealing with grief and the multiple loss that Katy writes about is often a painful listening experience but it's truthfulness is its strength.

Beautiful memoir of coping with grief & depression

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