Heart That Works

Heart That Works Synopsis

New York Timesbestseller *The New YorkerBest Books of 2022 *Entertainment WeeklyBest Books of 2022 *USA TodayBest Books of 2022 *Time100 Must-Read Books of 2022 *Mother Jones Books We Needed in 2022 *PeopleFall Must Read *2022BuzzFeedFall Reading pickA visceral and deeply personal memoir by the star of the Amazon Prime seriesCatastrophe,about love, loss, and fatherhood.In 2016, Rob Delaneys 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 Robs wife was pregnant with Henry, their third. The move was an adventureand a challengethat would bind them even more tightly together as they navigated the novelty of London, the culture clashes, and the funhouse experience of Robs famethanks to his role as co-creator and co-star of the hit seriesCatastrophe. Henrys 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 Worksis Delaneys 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.Delaneys memoirprofound, painful, full of emotion, and bracingly honestoffers solace to those who have faced devastation and shows us how grace may appear even in the darkest times.

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