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2000s: Imagine if you thought your life was falling apart
Goodbye, Vitamin
What you need to know before your trail
Ruth might only be 30 abut her life is falling apart: she and her fiancé are moving house, but he’s moving out to live with another woman; her career is going nowhere; and then she learns that her father, a history professor beloved by his students, has Alzheimer’s.
At Christmas, her mother begs her to stay on and help. For a year. Ruth and her friends attempt to shore up her father’s career; she and her mother obsess over the ambiguous health benefits – in the absence of a cure – of dried jellyfish supplements and vitamin pills; and they all try to forge a new relationship with the brilliant, childlike, irascible man her father has become.
Travel Guide
Los Angeles
The landscape of memory loss is a sad one indeed
Set in a vaguely mentioned Los Angeles suburb, this vague and uncertain setting is ideal for the subject matter within. There is mention of Highland Park which is a residential area of the city North East of downtown.
”He showed me a page from this notebook: Today you asked me where metal comes from. You asked me what flavor are germs. You were distressed because your pair of gloves had gone missing. When I asked you for a description, you said: they are sort of shaped like my hands.”
An ode to those who move back home to look after their parents.
Booktrail Boarding Pass:Goodbye, Vitamin
Author/Guide: Rachel Khong Destination: Los Angeles Departure Time: 2000s
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