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Goodbye, Vitamin

by Rachel Khong
A quirky and poignant story that beautifully deals with the difficult subject of Alzheimer. Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong- #fiction, #reading, #books to read, #books

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Named a PopSugar summer read
BuzzFeed, "22 Exciting New Books You Need To Read This Summer"
Named one of Coastal Living's "50 Books of Summer"
Elle, "The 24 Best Books to Read This Summer"
Named a Goop summer read
Bustle, "29 New Fiction Books To Read This Summer"
Vanity Fair, "What to Read Right Now"


"Told in a diary format over the year that Ruth spends at home, Goodbye, Vitamin is a quietly brilliant disquisition on family relationships and adulthood, 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." -The New York Times Book Review

"A heartwarming book...Khong's endearingly quirky novel. . .is filled with whimsical observations, oddball facts... [and] some passages evoke the wonderful offbeat sensibility of Ali Smith...Sweet? Yes. Sugarcoated? Perhaps. Saccharine or cloying? Not to me. Hello, Rachel Khong. Kudos for this delectable take on familial devotion and dementia." -NPR

"Heartbreaking but also funny...sparkling. . . .illuminating. . . .[Goodbye, Vitamin is] a novel modeled on real life, where humor often rubs shoulders with pathos, and Ruth's gift as a narrator is her ability to observe and record it all." -San Francisco Chronicle

"[Goodbye Vitamin is] material for another grueling exploration of loss, and yet, against all odds, Ms. Khong has produced a book that's whimsical and funny. This is because the author, like her guiding spirit, Lorrie Moore, has a love for the ridiculous in the mundane. . .This sweet-natured novel is about Ruth's attempts to come to terms with a past her father can no longer remember while still attending to the quirky, fleeting joys of the present. -The Wall Street Journal

"Reading Goodbye, Vitamin...is like tasting an entirely new flavor. At once gut-wrenching and deeply soothing." -Oprah.com, "2 Compulsively Readable Novels"

"Engaging and humorous and deeply touching... Khong has created something special." -The Charlotte Observer

"In her tender, well-paced debut novel. . . .Khong writes heartbreaking family drama with ?charm, perfect prose, and deadpan humor."-Booklist, starred review

"Goodbye, Vitamin is one of those rare books that is both devastating and light-hearted, heartfelt and joyful, making it a perfect and unique summer read. Don't miss it."-Isaac Fitzgerald, BuzzFeed


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