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.