{"product_id":"goodbye-vitamin-9781250182555","title":"Goodbye, Vitamin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR; \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicl\u003c\/i\u003ee; \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003cb\u003equietly brilliant \u003c\/b\u003edisquisition . . . told in prose that is so\u003cb\u003e startling in its spare beauty\u003c\/b\u003e that I found myself thinking about Khong's turns of phrase for days after I finished reading.--\u003cb\u003eDoree Shafrir, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of those rare books that is both \u003cb\u003edevastating and light-hearted\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eheartfelt, and joyful\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . \u003cb\u003eDon't miss it\u003c\/b\u003e.--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hello, Rachel Khong. Kudos for this \u003cb\u003edelectable\u003c\/b\u003e take on familial devotion.\"--\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer life at a crossroads, a young woman goes home again in this funny and inescapably moving debut from a wonderfully original new literary voice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreshly disengaged from her fianc  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. Ruth's mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's father's condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming all her grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Vitamin\u003c\/i\u003e pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding one's footing in this life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250182555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Rachel Khong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648665514140,"sku":"9781250182555","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a36963c4-1b02-4b40-85bc-504dea38ff9c.jpg?v=1603870691","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/goodbye-vitamin-9781250182555","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}