Though her work was far from the Broadway shows she dreamed about, it eventually became all about the nightly hustle to simply survive. The book is a moving and intelligent reflection on life and on death more generally, and the fate that awaits us all at one time or another.

Like a few others, I was surprised at how well this book was reviewed and wonder if the poignant, heart-wrenching, subject matter drives 5-star reviews more than the actual quality of the writing. 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. A cast of actors and medical professionals including Richard Hughes, Kristin Atherton and Dr Nighat Arif narrate this gamechanging book uncovering the myths and taboos around menopause. Regarding the passing of time: "I'm not exactly in the sunset of my life, but I have definitely eaten lunch. A Heart That Works will be published in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook, read by the author, on November 29.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. It is a relief to read an account of grief that is not a series of hard-won life lessons wrapped in a gratitude journal .

There is no perfect way to respond to such a loss, just as there is no way to bring back the dead and no way to convey adequately, using something so rudimentary as human language, what that futility feels like. Part of the reason why I wrote this book so fast has to do with the fact that if there’s anything you can do to help people through grief now, there’s a hunger for that,” he explains.Little Henry liked Incy Wincy Spider, dancing to Justin Bieber, and, curiously, thumbing through one of those 1913 hen-do books, Don’ts for Husbands. I’m honored to be the publisher of Henry’s story and work with Rob once again,” says Julie Grau, who published Delaney’s previous memoir Rob Delaney: Mother. I don’t know what to say about this book… I cannot imagine the suffering and all the pain that this family went through, and I hope I will never experience something similar.