Goodbye, Vitamin is about the devastating diagnosis of Alzheimers disease received by university professor, husband, and father Howard Young. Ruth, his daughter, leaves her job in San Francisco to live with her parents for a year to help her mother Annie care for her Dad/5(). · Rachel Khong’s first novel sneaks up on you — just like life and heartbreak. And love.”—Miranda July "The novel Goodbye,Vitamin builds with humor, with gusto and with such deceptive lightness that the reader wonders, at its devastating end, how in the world the debut author Rachel Khong managed to pull it off so beautifully. The only possible answer is this, that Khong is a . Rachel Khong’s first novel sneaks up on you ― just like life and heartbreak. And love.”―Miranda July "The novel Goodbye,Vitamin builds with humor, with gusto and with such deceptive lightness that the reader wonders, at its devastating end, how in the world the debut author Rachel Khong managed to pull it off so beautifully. The only possible answer is this, that Khong is a magician, and that we are 4/5().
First-time novelist Rachel Khong writes about family, love, and loss in her book Goodbye, bltadwin.ru using the form of diary/journal entries, Goodbye, Vitamin is the story of a young woman on the heels of a breakup, who returns home to help care for her father suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Do not let the seriousness of the topic fool you: Khong's writing finds humor in unexpected. Goodbye, Vitamin: Book summary and reviews of Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong. Summary | Reviews | More Information | More Books. Goodbye, Vitamin. by Rachel Khong. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' rating: Published in USA Jul pages Genre: Novels Publication Information. GOODBYE, VITAMIN By Rachel Khong pp. Henry Holt Company. $ In previous generations, the age of 30 was practically middle-aged; it was a realizable aspiration to be married, have children.
Evenings, I rinse from my face. the city’s grime, its fried oils. My eyelashes sweep, then blacken, like battery grease, the handkerchief of time. until I see new again. In the night markets, fruit. clings to soft rain, fish with eyes like milk warm. the ice. Each apple wears, for a moment, your face—. Rachel Khong’s first novel sneaks up on you ― just like life and heartbreak. And love.”―Miranda July "The novel Goodbye,Vitamin builds with humor, with gusto and with such deceptive lightness that the reader wonders, at its devastating end, how in the world the debut author Rachel Khong managed to pull it off so beautifully. The only possible answer is this, that Khong is a magician, and that we are lucky to fall under her spell at the beginning of her brilliant writing life.". Book Review: 'Goodbye Vitamin' By Rachel Khong Rachel Khong's first novel is a heartwarming account of family devotion and dementia — which sounds sickly, but her offbeat sensibility and flair.
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