Could I Have My Body Back Now, Please: Body Fictions

by Beth Goobie

Genres: Poetry, Short Stories, Feminism

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

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

[Chandni · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't connect at all with this anthology of short stories/poems about bodies. I just don't understand. The writing isn't great either.