{"title":"Tracy Sorensen","description":"\u003cp\u003eTracy Sorensen's novels blend thoughtful storytelling with inventive narrative styles, inviting readers into richly imagined worlds. Her work often explores profound themes through accessible prose, offering a fresh perspective within the realm of \u003cem\u003egeneral fiction\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the poignant reflections found in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Vitals\u003c\/strong\u003e to the whimsical charm of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky Galah\u003c\/strong\u003e, Sorensen's writing captivates with its warmth and insight. 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Perched on the red dunes of its outskirts looms the great Dish: a relay for messages between Apollo 11 and Houston, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRadar technician Evan Johnson and his colleagues stare, transfixed, at the moving images on the console - although his glossy young wife, Linda, seems distracted. Meanwhile, the people of Port Badminton have gathered to watch Armstrong's small step on a single television sitting centre stage in the old theatre. The Kelly family, a crop of redheads, sit in rare silence. Roo shooters at the back of the hall squint through their rifles to see the tiny screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI'm in my cage on the Kelly's back verandah. I sit here, unheard, underestimated, biscuit crumbs on my beak. But fate is a curious thing. For just as Evan Johnson's story is about to end (and perhaps with a giant leap), my story prepares to take flight...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lucky Galah\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the 2019 Russell Prize for Humour Writing, the UST Glenda Adams Award for New Writing (2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards), and the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2018. It was also longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2019 and the Dublin Literary Award 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Lucky Galah\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A fresh and surprising novel - thoroughly Australian, joyful and magnificently original\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Charlotte Wood, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This book is a bundle of Australian kook ready to disarm, charm and move its readers. 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Narrated by her internal organs, it will make you infinitely more aware of the peculiar world inside your body and illuminate all the hidden parts that make you human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book pulls off the holy trinity of great writing: it's experimental, playful, and meaningful all at once. I felt changed after reading it, put back together differently - in the same way that Sorensen was left radically changed after surviving cancer. It has shifted my view of organs and bodies (my own and others') forever. There's a courage that animates this book that is hard to define, but I think it's the sort of artistic and personal courage that comes not only from enduring something that is beyond words, but of still being willing to take creative risks on the other side in order to \"voice\" the unsayable. The Vitals is suffused by courage of this kind - and I'm grateful to Sorensen for risking so much to bring this book into being.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Ceridwen Dovey, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eOnly the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Vitals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe most original book about cancer ever written\u003c\/em\u003e' - Nick Horne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eTracy Sorensen writes and thinks like nobody else. We're so lucky to have her\u003c\/em\u003e' - Tegan Bennett Daylight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eDeftly crafted and wildly original\u003c\/em\u003e' - Dr Leah Kaminsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe Vitals quivers with life. It is thrillingly visceral and deeply moving - literally\u003c\/em\u003e' - Prof. Stephen J. 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