The Only-Good Heart

by Beth Goobie

224 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

Beth Goobie is best known for her quirky and dark young adult novels. She's published several of them, beginning in 1994. Her novel Before Wings won the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award in 2000, and was chosen by young readers for the Best Books list of the American Library Association.Much of the turmoil in Goobie's life has been laid bare in two books for adult readers, Scars of Light, which is autobiographical poetry, and The Only-Good Heart, a book of short stories. Both are built on the theme of cults, abuse, and emotional torture. They were, she says, both therapeutic for herself and a warning to others.

Reviews

[Billie Rain · Rating 5 out of 5]

beth goobie's stories are vivid and unflinching. this book will make you wonder where reality ends.

[Chandni · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another Beth Goobie short story collection I didn't connect with. While I like her writing for her young adult novels, I really don't like her adult novels.