A Heart That Works: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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The answer, it seems, is both to memorialise his beautiful son, whose short life he describes in great detail, and perhaps to ensure that grief becomes less secluded as a result. After Henry’s passing, Delaney considers how friends and caregivers reacted to the news, extending empathy to those who fumbled.

Blue Badge holders and those with access requirements can be dropped off on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road off Belvedere Road (the road between the Royal Festival Hall and the Hayward Gallery). Regarding the passing of time: "I'm not exactly in the sunset of my life, but I have definitely eaten lunch. The last food he ate before the tracheostomy that left him permanently tube-fed was a chocolate croissant. Most important, A Heart That Works gives us the privilege of reading about one of Rob’s unique and perfect tiny humans, Henry—about the devastating brain cancer and what it took from him, yes, but also about Henry’s joys, his love, and his blue eyes. An unbearably brutal and beautiful book that I wish had never had to be written, but that I am all the better for having read.When it becomes clear that to continue treatment will only increase Henry’s suffering, not save his life, they conclude, “Loving him meant we had to let the cancer spread and kill him. Delaney’s slim new book, “ A Heart That Works,” tells the story of Henry’s life and Delaney’s grief, freed from the confines—in both length and tone—of the short campaign video or political op-ed. The book draws its title from a lyric by Juliana Hatfield, which also serves as an epigraph for the book: “A heart that hurts is a heart that works. They’ll kick you out if they need to, but don’t waste their time by saying ‘If there’s anything I can do, just let me know’ … You might as well yawn in their face while looking at something more exciting over their shoulder.

Cancer knows nothing of propriety, and neither does grief, and so Delaney—never terribly interested in propriety to begin with—doesn’t want to know, either. Everyone from Rupert Murdoch to Mathias Döpfner to Lord Rothermere is eyeing the historic broadsheet, which is on the block for the first time in two decades. Though it is the downer that Delaney was shooting for, there are plenty of moments of pure joy distilled into his descriptions of Henry, like the songs he loved to dance to and his expressive smile.Alternative parking for Blue Badge holders visiting the Southbank Centre can also be found at the South Bank Car Park – APCOA Cornwall Road Car Park. Sometimes beauty envelopes grief in a glorious prism; other times, the intense gravity of grieving manifests as a black hole.