{"product_id":"goodbye-vitamin-1","title":"Rachel Khong: Goodbye, Vitamin [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A beautifully written coming-of-age debut, \u003cb\u003edreamy and funny\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eflawless\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Khong is a magician...\u003cb\u003e Brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Khong's first novel sneaks up on you - just like life, illness and heartbreak. And love. A million small, \u003cb\u003ehuman and often deeply funny \u003c\/b\u003edetails gather force to tell a tale that is ultimately, incredibly poignant' \u003cb\u003eMiranda July\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Bad Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth \u003c\/b\u003eis thirty and her life is falling apart: she and her fiance are moving house, but he's moving \u003ci\u003eout\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Alzheimer's. At Christmas, her mother begs her to stay on and help. For a year. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Vitamin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads, as \u003cb\u003eRuth \u003c\/b\u003eand her friends attempt to shore up her father's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  '\u003cb\u003eBiting, funny and poignant \u003c\/b\u003eand makes you wish you'd thought of writing it first' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist,\u003c\/i\u003e '50 Unmissable Books'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A deceptively complex tale of dementia and its impact on a family ... \u003cb\u003eLike a chain of fairy lights in the darkness\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of the \u003cb\u003efunniest elegiac novels\u003c\/b\u003e I have ever read' \u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Language of Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khong, Rachel","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44509736698146,"sku":"9781471159480","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/khong-rachel-goodbye-vitamin-9781471159480-40650779984162.jpg?v=1677098495","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/goodbye-vitamin-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}