NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
This is the story of what happens when you lose a child, and everything you discover about life in the process, by the star of the Amazon Prime series Catastrophe.
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“An affecting portrait of a father’s love for his son.”―TIME, “100 Must-Read Books of 2022”
“Delaney’s book is ultimately about all-encompassing, heart-exploding love.”―The New York Times
“Brave, harrowing, inspiring . . . A wonder.”―People
“Inspirational . . . With the worst thing that can happen, with love and humor, all illuminated by a kind of costly grace.”―Mother Jones, “The Books We Needed in 2022”
“Delaney is a phenomenal storyteller, and this memoir is tender, vulnerable, warm, and darkly funny.”―BuzzFeed
“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 (starred review)
“An intense, heartbreaking memoir.”―Margaret Atwood on Twitter
“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.”―Patricia Lockwood
“This book is so rich with grief and love and pain and humor and an incandescent, purifying, flame-throwing wrath.”―Lauren Groff
“I cried a number of times, laughed a lot, grieved with the Delaneys, and underlined so many moments of courage, exposure, humanity, and the deepest meaning. All I can say is, Wow.”―Anne Lamott
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In 2018, Rob Delaney’s two-year-old son, Henry, died of a brain tumor. A Heart That Works is Delaney’s intimate, unflinching, and at times fiercely funny exploration of Henry’s beautiful, bright life and the devastation of his loss—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.
Profound, painful, full of emotion, and bracingly honest, Delaney’s memoir offers solace to those who have faced devastation and shows us how grace may appear even in the darkest times.
PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9781954118317
Price: $25.00
On-sale date: 11/29/2022
Weight: 1.48 lbs.
ROB DELANEY is a comedian, actor, writer, and the author of a previous memoir, Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. He is widely known as the BAFTA-winning cocreator and costar of the critically acclaimed Amazon Prime comedy Catastrophe, which broadcasts in more than 130 countries.