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The Vitals
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The Vitals

Tracy Sorensen
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Deep inside Tracy's body live the organs of the peritoneal cavity.

Ute, a wandering womb. Rage, an existential spleen. Gaster, a gleeful gorger. Liv, a workaholic liver.

But there is also Baby, an ever-growing tumour.

Together, the organs must fight for homeostasis ... and Tracy's survival.

The Vitals is Tracy Sorensen's cancer memoir transformed by imagination into something far richer and stranger. Narrated by her internal organs, it will make you infinitely more aware of the peculiar world inside your body and discover all the hidden parts that make you human.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country
Australia
Date
25 July 2023
Pages
304
ISBN
9781761261626

Deep inside Tracy's body live the organs of the peritoneal cavity.

Ute, a wandering womb. Rage, an existential spleen. Gaster, a gleeful gorger. Liv, a workaholic liver.

But there is also Baby, an ever-growing tumour.

Together, the organs must fight for homeostasis ... and Tracy's survival.

The Vitals is Tracy Sorensen's cancer memoir transformed by imagination into something far richer and stranger. Narrated by her internal organs, it will make you infinitely more aware of the peculiar world inside your body and discover all the hidden parts that make you human.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country
Australia
Date
25 July 2023
Pages
304
ISBN
9781761261626

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