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X-WR-CALDESC:Book Club: Goodbye\, Vitamin by Rachel Khong\n\nIncredibly poi
 gnant … 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 di
 agnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Howard’s wife\, Annie\, summons their da
 ughter\, Ruth. Freshly disengaged from her fiance and still broken up abou
 t it\, feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned\, th
 irty-year-old Ruth quits her job and arrives home to find her parents’ sit
 uation 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 R
 uth’s situation takes hold\, gently transforming her grief. She throws her
 self into caretaking: cooking dementia-fighting meals (a feast of jellyfis
 h!)\, researching supplements\, anything to reignite her father’s once-not
 able memory. And when the university finally lets Howard go\, Ruth and one
  of her father’s handsome former students take their efforts to help Howar
 d one step too far. Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep wel
 l of insight\, humor\, and unexpected tenderness\, Goodbye\, Vitamin pilot
 s through the loss\, love\, and absurdity of finding one’s footing in this
  life.\n\nBooks are available at the library.  Click the link below to get
  email updates about this book club.
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DESCRIPTION:Book Club: Goodbye\, Vitamin by Rachel Khong\n\nIncredibly poig
 nant … 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 p
 ants belong to Howard Young\, a prominent history professor\, recently dia
 gnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Howard’s wife\, Annie\, summons their dau
 ghter\, Ruth. Freshly disengaged from her fiance and still broken up about
  it\, feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned\, thi
 rty-year-old Ruth quits her job and arrives home to find her parents’ situ
 ation worse than she’d realized. Her father is erratically lucid and her m
 other\, a devoted and creative cook\, sees the sources of memory loss in e
 very pot and pan. But as Howard’s condition intensifies\, the comedy in Ru
 th’s situation takes hold\, gently transforming her grief. She throws hers
 elf into caretaking: cooking dementia-fighting meals (a feast of jellyfish
 !)\, researching supplements\, anything to reignite her father’s once-nota
 ble 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.\n\nBooks are available at the library.  Click the link below to get 
 email updates about this book club.
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Goodbye\, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
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