Goodbye, vitamin : a novel
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Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781250109163, 1250109167
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Bernards Township Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KHONG
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FICTION KHONG
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION KHONG | Available |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Fiction | Fic Khong, Rachel | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Fiction | FIC KHONG | Checked Out |
East Hanover Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION KHONG | Transferred |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction | KHONG | Held |
Long Hill Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION KHONG | Available |
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Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781250109163, 1250109167
Notes
Description
""Incredibly poignant ... Rachel Khong's first novel sneaks up on you -- just like life ... and heartbreak. And love."--Miranda July A few days after Christmas in a small suburb outside of L.A., pairs of a man's pants hang from the trees. The pants belong to Howard Young, a prominent history professor, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Howard's wife, Annie, summons their daughter, Ruth. Freshly disengaged from her fiance and still broken up about it, feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, thirty-year-old Ruth quits her job, and arrives home to find her parents' situation worse than she'd realized. Her father is erratically lucid and her mother, a devoted and creative cook, sees the sources of memory loss in every pot and pan. But as Howard's condition intensifies, the comedy in Ruth's situation takes hold, gently transforming her grief. She throws herself into caretaking: cooking dementia-fighting meals (a feast of jellyfish!), researching supplements, anything to reignite her father's once-notable memory. And when the university finally lets Howard go, Ruth and one of her father's handsome former students take their efforts to help Howard one step too far. Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well of insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding one's footing in this life"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Khong, R. (2017). Goodbye, vitamin: a novel (First edition.). Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Khong, Rachel, 1985-. 2017. Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel. Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Khong, Rachel, 1985-. Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Khong, Rachel. Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel First edition., Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
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