Delicacy

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 *Hilarious, heartbreaking…She’s a writer with impressive range, and Delicacy is entertaining and affecting. * Observer *Mesmerising … an extraordinary piece of writing * The i paper *

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.