GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong, reflects what it is like to be 30 years old in this generation, no longer considered old and dried up. The novel has it’s dark moments but it’s also heart warming as the main character movies home after a bad break up only to be asked to stay to help her mother because her father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It is a refreshing take on a genre that usually puts a male lead into these types of situations.
Key Takeaways:
- Turning thirty now days is not like it used to be when you were expected to be at a certain point in your life.
- Everything changed when she went home to visit her parents and she was needed because her father was becoming ill it seemed her plans were put on hold.
- This novel tends to show in almost a comical realistic kind of way that women don’t always have to be the ones who always have it together.
“It’s refreshing to read female authors — among them, Jami Attenberg, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Marcy Dermansky — who are subverting the longstanding convention of adult men who feel stuck, who are emotionally unavailable, who find adulthood just out of reach, and who are often “saved” by a woman who has her life together.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/books/review/goodbye-vitamin-rachel-khong.html
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