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Rob Delaney: "A Heart That Works"

 One reason that I have questions about the NYTimes Book Review is that the critics can overlook a book like this. How could it fail to qualify among the "top 100" books of 2022? And then a reason I have trouble with the current Prince Harry interviews is that I recall Delaney's book, and I think hand-wringing about Camilla's media conduct seems so, so trivial. Rob Delaney had a child who was one, and he began to lose weight. The child had alarming pouches of skin; a doctor quickly confirmed that a tumor was growing next to the child's brain. Delaney's wife went to a separate room and began screaming; Delaney himself thought that he could magically solve the problem. (The parent will fix the child by assuming the child's burden; God will arrange a body-swap so a cosmic error can "get redressed," a patch can get stitched over the hole in the universe.) Many would shut down, but Delaney was a writer and observer, so he made notes on the ensuing hor...