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Dancing on Eggshells (häftad, eng)
''We come for the glitter, but instead we get the grit, in stories told with insight, tenderness and joy.'' - Russell T Davies
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''We come for the glitter, but instead we get the grit, in stories told with insight, tenderness and joy.'' - Russell T Davies
With a foreword by Steph McGovern
''I never thought I''d write a memoir. I never thought I''d do a lot of the things I have done in my thirty-four years, but life has a wonderful way of surprising us.''
Well-known as the winner of the third series of The Great British Bake Off and runner up of Strictly Come Dancing with his same-sex dance partner Johannes Radebe, John Whaite''s personal story is a complicated narrative of contradictions, highs and lows, told with tenderness, joy, insight and wit, but also unflinching honesty.
A shy little boy from rural Lancashire, who was sacred to sleep alone and danced a little ''too gay'' at family weddings, he was also an unruly teen who shaved a checkerboard pattern into his hair and refused to conform.
From childhood his life has revolved around food - his parents owned a fish and chip shop where John worked in the back peeling potatoes - but for long periods he has been haunted by bulimia and body dysmorphia and not a day goes by when he doesn''t worry about what or how much he eats.
He achieved TV fame but then seemingly wilfully chose to self-destruct, before finding the strength to pull back when he woke up in a car with half a kebab at his feet and chilli sauce on his shoes.
Through it all, his essential optimism has meant that he has chosen to take every step back as a chance to reassess and begin again, finally arriving at the realisation that external validation and fulfilment is transient - a distraction from the sometimes painful pilgrimage we make as we gain wisdom from our experiences.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 304 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Octopus Publishing Group |
Utgivningsdatum | 2024-07-18 |
ISBN | 9781804191507 |
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- Häftad, 304, Engelska, Octopus publishing group, 2024-07-18, 9781804191507
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 304
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Octopus publishing group
- Utgivningsdatum 2024-07-18
- ISBN 9781804191507