Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Huffington Post, Nylon, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Booklist, and The Independent
Winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction
"A quietly brilliant disquisition . . . told in prose that is so startling in its spare beauty that I found myself thinking about Khong's turns of phrase for days after I finished reading."Doree Shafrir, The New York Times Book Review
"One of those rare books that is both devastating and light-hearted, heartful and joyful. . . . Don't miss it."Buzzfeed
"Hello, Rachel Khong. Kudos for this delectable take on familial devotion and dementia."NPR
Her life at a crossroads, a young woman goes home again in this funny and inescapably moving debut from a wonderfully original new literary voice.
Freshly disengaged from her fiancé and feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, thirty-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves town and arrives at her parents home to find that situation more complicated than she'd realized. Her father, a prominent history professor, is losing his memory and is only erratically lucid. Ruths mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's fathers condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming her all her grief.
Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding ones footing in this life.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction
"A quietly brilliant disquisition . . . told in prose that is so startling in its spare beauty that I found myself thinking about Khong's turns of phrase for days after I finished reading."Doree Shafrir, The New York Times Book Review
"One of those rare books that is both devastating and light-hearted, heartful and joyful. . . . Don't miss it."Buzzfeed
"Hello, Rachel Khong. Kudos for this delectable take on familial devotion and dementia."NPR
Her life at a crossroads, a young woman goes home again in this funny and inescapably moving debut from a wonderfully original new literary voice.
Freshly disengaged from her fiancé and feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, thirty-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves town and arrives at her parents home to find that situation more complicated than she'd realized. Her father, a prominent history professor, is losing his memory and is only erratically lucid. Ruths mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's fathers condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming her all her grief.
Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding ones footing in this life.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Khong is a magician, and we are lucky to fall under her spell at the very beginning of her brilliant writing life." - Lauren Groff
"This novel sneaks up on you - just like life . . . and heartbreak. And love." - Miranda July
"This novel sneaks up on you - just like life . . . and heartbreak. And love." - Miranda July
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Title: Goodbye, Vitamin
Author(s): Rachel Khong
ISBN: 1-4711-5948-5 / 978-1-4711-5948-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Scribner UK
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October 2017 : USA MP3 CD
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Title: Goodbye, Vitamin
Author(s): Rachel Khong
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
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August 2017 : Australia Audio edition

Title: Goodbye, Vitamin
Author(s): Rachel Khong
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Availability: Amazon AU
August 2017 : UK Audio edition

Title: Goodbye, Vitamin
Author(s): Rachel Khong
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Availability: Amazon UK
July 2017 : USA Audio edition

Title: Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel
Author(s): Rachel Khong
Publisher: Audible Studios
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July 2017 : Canada Audio edition

Title: Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel
Author(s): Rachel Khong
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon CA
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July 2017 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
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