Rob Delaney Books

Exploring the complexities of life, this memoir delves into themes of love, sex, parenthood, work, and substance abuse, all infused with humor and raw honesty. Drawing from the author's experiences as a fan favorite from Deadpool 2, the narrative offers a candid look at the highs and lows that shape our existence, making it both relatable and entertaining.

In this memoir of loss, acclaimed writer and comedian Rob Delaney grapples with the fragile miracle of life, the mysteries of death, and the question of purpose for those left behind. When you're a parent and your child gets hurt or sick, you not only try to help them get better but you also labour under the general belief that you can help them get better. That's not always the case though. Sometimes the nurses and the doctors can't fix what's wrong. Sometimes children die. Rob Delaney's beautiful, bright, gloriously alive son Henry died. He was one when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. An experience beyond comprehension, but an experience Rob must share. Why does he feel compelled to talk about it, to write about it, to make people feel something like what he feels when he knows it will hurt them? Because, despite Henry's death, Rob still loves people. For that reason, he wants them to understand. A Heart That Works is an intimate, unflinching and fiercely funny exploration of loss - from the harrowing illness to the vivid, bodily impact of grief and the blind, furious rage that follows, through to the forceful, unstoppable love that remains. This is the story of what happens when you lose a child, and everything you discover about life in the process.

»Delaneys Buch handelt letztlich von allumfassender, herzzerreißender Liebe.« New York Times Rob Delaneys Sohn Henry ist gestorben. Er war ein Jahr alt, als bei ihm ein Hirntumor diagnostiziert wurde. Delaney berichtet intim und schonungslos, was passiert ist -- von der erschütternden Krankheit über die lebendigen, körperlichen Auswirkungen der Trauer und die blinde, rasende Wut. Vor allem aber schreibt er voller Wärme über die kraftvolle, unaufhaltsame Liebe, die bleibt. Im Wahnsinn seiner Trauer setzt sich Delaney mit dem zerbrechlichen Wunder des Lebens, den Geheimnissen des Todes und der Frage nach dem Sinn für die Hinterbliebenen auseinander. Rob Delaney hat ein Buch über das Furchtbarste geschrieben, was Eltern geschehen kann, aber gleichzeitig ist es ein Buch über das Wunderbarste, was Menschen erleben können. Ein Buch über die Liebe, die einem Leben Sinn gibt.