# Dancing on Eggshells

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- Authors: [John Whaite](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-whaite)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2023-08-24

## Description

'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.

## Editions

### Dancing on Eggshells

- Publisher: kyle_books
- ISBN: 978-18-0419-150-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2024-07-18
- Language: en_GB

### Dancing on Eggshells

- Publisher: kyle_books
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0419-151-4
- Published: 2023-08-24
- Language: en_GB

### Dancing on Eggshells

- Publisher: kyle_books
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-18-0419-152-1
- Published: 2023-08-24
- Language: en_GB

### Dancing on Eggshells

- Publisher: kyle_books
- ISBN: 978-18-0419-149-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2023-08-24
- Language: en_GB