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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. Rachel khongs first novel sneaks up on you just like life. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. Goodbye, vitamin is the fiction, thriller, relationship, literature and humour novel which describes the story of a young woman who struggles in her personal life. Her style is unpretentious and sneakily silly, like an afternoon spent with an old friend.
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