📚 BAFTA-Winning comedian, actor & writer Rob Delaney treats us to a reading from his new memoir A Heart That Works 📚 This Thursday Delaney comes to the Royal Festival Hall as part of London Literature Festival (#LLF) for a publication day London-exclusive event, in conversation with @Cariadlloyd (from @thegriefcast) 📅 Thursday 20 October (7.30pm) 🔗 More info & Booking - ‘Literature’ link in bio In 2016, Rob Delaney’s one-year-old son Henry was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Amidst hospital life, surgeries, chemotherapy and a newfound community of carers, his family learnt the starkest truths about life. Two years later Henry died, and his family watched their world fall away to reveal the things that matter most. “Loving and then grieving Henry has changed us and how we look at the world” says Delaney. “I hope our story can shine a little light into some very dark corners” A Heart That Works is Delaney’s written expression of the experience, an intimate and fiercely funny exploration of what happened – from the harrowing events, to the vivid, bodily impact of grief and the blind, furious rage that follows, through to the forceful love left behind. Delaney talks about the madness of his grief, the fragile miracle of life, the mysteries of death, and the question of purpose when you’re the one left behind. His memoir offers solace to those who have faced devastation – and helps those who haven’t understood where the true meaning of life is found. 🔖 Published by @hodderbooks #RobDelaney #AHeartThatWorks #HodderAndStoughton #Catastrophe #Grief #Memoir #Literature #LiteratureEvents #BookLaunch #Bookstagram #Bibliophiles #BookLover #BookRecommendations #IGReads #SouthbankCentre #Southbank