The pain eater / Beth Goobie.
2016
GOOBIE
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Title
The pain eater / Beth Goobie.
Author
Goobie, Beth, 1959- author.
ISBN
9781772600209 (paperback)
1772600202 (paperback)
1772600202 (paperback)
Published
Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016.
Language
English
Description
245 pages ; 21 cm.
Call Number
GOOBIE
Dewey Decimal Classification
jC813/.54
Summary
She hadn't told anyone. Not a single soul. Not one word about that night and what had been done to her had ever passed Maddy Malone's lips. She'd thought about it at first - had been desperate, even frantic, to tell. But then had come the shame, and the intimidation from the boys who raped her - and the one who held her down. Now it's the beginning of a new school year and Maddy is hoping that she can continue to hide, making herself as quiet and small as possible. She is consumed with keeping the memories at bay, forcing them down through small cuts and the burn from the end of a cigarette. But when her English class is given the assignment of writing a collaborative novel about a fifteen-year-old girl, The Pain Eater, fact and fiction begin to meet up. When the boys spread rumors about Maddy, she realizes that continuing to hide the truth will only give them more control, and she slowly gains the courage.
Note
"Edited by Stephanie Fysh"--Title page verso.
Available Note
Issued also in electronic format.
Added Author
Fysh, Stephanie, 1965- editor.
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