Rob Delaney Memoir ‘A Heart That Works’ About Loss Of Son Goes To Spiegel & Grau Publishers
deadline.comSpiegel & Grau has acquired North American rights to A Heart That Works, a memoir by actor Rob Delaney, from Meredith Miller at United Talent Agency, working in partnership with Avalon.A Heart That Works will be published in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook, read by the author, on November 29.
The acquisition was announced by Julie Grau, Spiegel & Grau Co-CEO.In 2016, Delaney’s one-year-old son Henry was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
The family had moved from Los Angeles to London when Delaney’s wife was pregnant with Henry, their third child. “Henry’s illness was a cataclysm that changed everything about their lives,” the publisher writes. “Amidst the hospital routine, surgeries, and brutal treatment, 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.”Delaney, the co-creator and co-star of the Amazon Prime comedy Catastrophe, said in a statement, “My son Henry’s illness and death put our family through the shredder.
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