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Rachel khong studied at yale and the university of florida. Rachel khong is a writer and editor living in san francisco. Goodbye, vitamin by rachel khong is a touching gem of a novel about family, friendship, and alzheimers disease with an added touch of laughter, sadness, and love. Her debut novel, goodbye, vitamin, will be published by holt in 2017. Buy goodbye, vitamin by rachel khong from waterstones today. The best books of 2017 have guided us through this messy year with the opportunity to see the world beyond our close confines, allow us to learn. Miranda july a few days after christmas in a small suburb outside of l. Goodbye vitamin by rachel khong rachel khong s first novel is a heartwarming account of family devotion and dementia which sounds sickly, but her offbeat sensibility and flair. A darkly comic novel about turning 30 without growing up. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in american short fiction, the believer, pitchfork, village voice and lucky peach.
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