{"product_id":"9781804191507-dancing-on-eggshells","title":"Dancing on Eggshells","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKitchen, ballroom \u0026amp; the messy inbetween\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating memoir from the\u003ci\u003e Bake Off\u003c\/i\u003e Winner, \u003ci\u003eStrictly\u003c\/i\u003e Runner Up and popular TV Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We come for the glitter, but instead we get the grit, in stories told with insight, tenderness and joy.' - Russell T Davies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Steph McGovern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell-known as the winner of the third series of \u003ci\u003eThe Great British Bake Off \u003c\/i\u003eand runner up of \u003ci\u003eStrictly Come Dancing \u003c\/i\u003ewith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41270859366497,"sku":"9781804191507","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30115845.jpg?v=1726731614","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804191507-dancing-on-eggshells","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}