{"product_id":"the-vitals-by-tracy-sorensen-9781761261626","title":"The Vitals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep inside Tracy's body live the organs of the peritoneal cavity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUte, a wandering womb.  \nRage, an existential spleen.  \nGaster, a gleeful gorger.  \nLiv, a workaholic liver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut there is also Baby, an ever-growing tumour, and Baby's child Bunny, whose cells are multiplying alarmingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, the organs must fight for homeostasis... and Tracy's survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vitals\u003c\/em\u003e 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 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. Simpson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244768899308,"sku":"9781761261626","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761261626-the-vitals-1.jpg?v=1788012161","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-vitals-by-tracy-sorensen-9781761261626","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}