Why read Delicacy?

Book cover of Delicacy: A memoir about cake and death

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'Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing.' - The i paper

'A book that has the rare quality of being both poetic and accessible . . . missing Delicacy would be a huge mistake.' - Guardian

'A book that gets wiser, darker, and more brutally truthful every time…

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1 author picked Delicacy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tracy Dawson

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Katy Wix, the brilliant actress and comedian, has written a memoir about “cake and death” in which she delves into womanhood, body image, disordered eating, grief and addiction. Because Wix is a genius comedian, she is able to paint the deeply human, painfully honest stuff here while also making us laugh. Again, this is the type of work that I gravitate to! Honest, human, darkly humorous…I simply adore truth-tellers. Ones, like Wix, that make us laugh, make us uncomfortable, make us look at our own “shit”, but also help us to heal.

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