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About the Author
Rachel Khong studied at Yale and the University of Florida. Her fiction and non-fiction has appeared in American Short Fiction, The Believer, Pitchfork and Village Voice. In 2013, she was named one of Refinery29's 30 under 30. Goodbye, Vitamin is her first novel.
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- PublisherScribner UK
- ISBN 10 1471159485
- ISBN 13 9781471159480
- BindingPaperback
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Goodbye, Vitamin
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Simon & Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2017
ISBN 10: 1471159485
ISBN 13: 9781471159480
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Paperback
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'A beautifully written coming-of-age debut, dreamy and funny . flawless'Independent 'Khong is a magician. Brilliant' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies Khongs first novel sneaks up on you just like life, illness and heartbreak. And love. A million small, human and often deeply funny details gather force to tell a tale that is ultimately, incredibly poignant Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man Ruth is thirty and her life is falling apart: she and her fiance are moving house, buthe's moving out to live with another woman; her career is going nowhere; and then she learns that her father, a history professor beloved by his students, has Alzheimers. At Christmas, her mother begs her to stay on and help. For a year. Goodbye, Vitaminis the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads, as Ruth and her friends attempt to shore up her fathers career;she and her mother obsess over the ambiguous health benefits in the absence of a cure of dried jellyfish supplements and vitamin pills;and they all try to forge a new relationship with the brilliant, childlike, irascible man her father has become. 'Biting, funny and poignant and makes you wish youd thought of writing it first'Stylist,'50 Unmissable Books' 'A deceptively complex tale of dementia and its impact on a family Like a chain of fairy lights in the darkness' Financial Times 'One of the funniest elegiac novels I have ever read'David Leavitt, author ofThe Lost Language of Cranes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR011468164
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Goodbye, Vitamin
Published by
Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2017
ISBN 10: 1471159485
ISBN 13: 9781471159480
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Softcover
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP97516682
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