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Goodbye, Vitamin

by Rachel Khong

A homecoming at a crossroads

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction

    First Fiction

  • Editorial selection

    Nylon Best Book of the Year

    Named a Best Book of the Year

  • Critical praise

    Praise in The New York Times Book Review

    Doree Shafrir praises the book's prose and phrasing.

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A homecoming at a crossroads

After a broken engagement, a young woman returns home at a turning point in her life. That homecoming gives the novel a clear frame: a personal upheaval brings her back to familiar surroundings as she faces what comes next. The supplied description offers only a glimpse of the story, but it establishes a focus on change, relationships, and the pull of home.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fiction about life transitions and returning home
  • Readers looking for a character-centered story shaped by a broken engagement

Themes

HomecomingLife transitionsRelationships

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Book overview

Winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Huffington Post, Nylon, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Booklist, and The Independent

"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, The New York Times Book Review

Her life at a crossroads, a young woman goes home again in this funny and inescapably moving debut from a wonderfully original new literary voice.

Freshly disengaged from her fianc

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