{"product_id":"goodbye-vitamin-9781250182555","title":"Goodbye, Vitamin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the California Book Award for First Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreshly 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. Ruth's mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as Ruth's father's condition intensifies, the comedy in her situation takes hold, gently transforming her 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Khong\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Southern California and holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Florida. From 2011 to 2016, she was the managing editor then executive editor of \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Vitamin\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. She lives in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603515642130,"sku":"9781250182555","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ccbc6180-f7af-433d-ae67-2ebc209133fb.jpg?v=1732247515","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/goodbye-vitamin-9781250182555","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}