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A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney
A Heart That Works

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ISBN13: 9781954118317
ISBN10: 1954118317



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People magazine Fall Must Read pick * 2022 BuzzFeed Fall Reading pick

A visceral and deeply personal memoir by the star of the Amazon Prime series Catastrophe, about the loss of his young son.


In 2016, Rob Delaney's one-year-old son, Henry, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The family had moved from Los Angeles to London with their two young boys when Rob's wife was pregnant with Henry, their third. The move was an adventure that would bind them even more tightly together as they navigated the novelty of London, the culture clashes, and the funhouse experience of Rob's fame — thanks to his role as co-creator and co-star of the hit series Catastrophe. Henry's illness was a cataclysm that changed everything about their lives. Amid the hospital routine, surgeries, and brutal treatments, they found a newfound community of nurses, aides, caregivers, and fellow parents contending with the unthinkable. Two years later, Henry died, and his family watched their world fall away to reveal the things that matter most.

A Heart That Works is Delaney's intimate, unflinching, and fiercely funny exploration of what happened - from the harrowing illness to the vivid, bodily impact of grief and the blind, furious rage that followed, through to the forceful, unstoppable love that remains. In the madness of his grief, Delaney grapples with the fragile miracle of life, the mysteries of death, and the question of purpose for those left behind.

Delaney's memoir — profound, painful, full of emotion, and bracingly honest — offers solace to those who have faced devastation and shows us how grace may appear even in the darkest times.

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"A devastatingly candid account of a parent's grief that will have readers laughing and crying in equal measure….Heart-wrenching and impressively self-aware." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

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"I could have read about Henry for a thousand pages. It is impossible not to share in Delaney's tenderness, his attention, his anger, his night-black humor, and impossible not to see his son through his eyes: loved, learning, smiling ecstatically. I will turn to this book again and again, to feel deeply and to learn about this world from Henry." Patricia Lockwood, author of No One Is Talking About This and Priestdaddy

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"This book is so rich with grief and love and pain and humor and an incandescent, purifying, flame-throwing wrath. Though Delaney can't bring Henry back, he can — and does — show enough of him to the world to make a reader see him a little bit, know him a little bit, and fully love him. What an unbelievable gift." Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies and Matrix

About the Author

Rob Delaney is a comedian, actor, and writer. He is widely known as the award-winning co-creator and co-star of the critically acclaimed Amazon Prime comedy Catastrophe. He is the author of a memoir Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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Michelle , December 12, 2022
I get why people would want to look away from a book about a 2-year-old dying, but as a bereaved parent myself, reading this was like going on a road trip with my sisters or a long walk with my BFF—I felt comfortable and understood. My son died in the U.S. so I especially appreciated Rob's love for the NHS and incandescent rage at our private healthcare system-a secondary trauma his family was thankfully spared. Also, it should be said that I laughed out loud throughout. It is definitely the funniest child loss memoir I’ve ever read. (And I’ve read them all!)

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Publication date:
11/29/2022
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196
Author:
Rob Delaney

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