Tracy Sorensen

The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019. "Subtle, disarming and insightful" - Rosalie Ham, author of the bestselling novel The Dressmaker A magnificent novel about fate, Australia, and what it means to be human... it just happens to be narrated by a galah called Lucky. It's 1969, and a remote coastal town...

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, and Baby's child Bunny, whose cells are multiplying alarmingly. Together, the organs must fight for homeostasis... and Tracy's survival. The Vitals is Tracy Sorensen's cancer...