Goodbye, Vitamin

Goodbye, Vitamin is a debut novel by Ruth Ozeki that was named one of the best books of 2017 by The Oprah Magazine. The story follows Ruth, who is at a crossroads in her life, as she helps her father with his career and deals with her own health issues. The novel is described as wry, beautifully observed, and poignant, with characters that are flawed and relatable.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 208 pages
\n Publication date: 17 May 2018
\n Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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An O: The Oprah Magazine Best Book of 2017!




Khong is a magician of words, weaving a tale that sneaks up on you, just like life, illness, and heartbreak. And love. A million small, human, and often deeply funny details gather force to tell a tale that is ultimately, incredibly poignant. Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man, praises Khong's debut novel as "brilliant." Ruth is thirty and her life is falling apart: she and her fiancé are moving house, but he's moving out 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.




Goodbye, Vitamin is the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads, as Ruth and 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.




A beautifully written debut, dreamy and funny, flawless. Independent praises it as "biting, funny, and poignant, and makes you wish you'd thought of writing it first." Stylist calls it "50 unmissable books." Like a chain of fairy lights in the darkness, Financial Times describes it as "one of the funniest elegiac novels I have ever read." David Leavitt, author of The Lost Language of Cranes, praises it as "like a chain of fairy lights in the darkness."




In conclusion, Goodbye, Vitamin is a remarkable debut novel that will leave you feeling both heartbroken and uplifted. Khong's writing is exquisite, and her characters are unforgettable. This is a book that you will not want to miss.

\n Weight: 216g\n
Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781471147241\n \n