Joan Thomas, writing in Books in Canada, called "Could I Have My Body Back Now, Please?" a volume “of startling originality,” and she hailed it as “a noteworthy first collection.” Another reviewer, Aritha Van Herk, proclaimed Goobie’s book, in a University of Toronto Quarterly assessment, “a pleasure to read,” and a Bloomsbury Review critic described it as a “cohesive collection.” Still another work includes a child whose ears stretch and slide under closed doors to hear conversations. In another tale, a male character repeatedly loses his sex organ. In one work, an irate woman’s wagging finger separates from her hand. In her first book, "Could I Have My Body Back Now, Please?", Goobie presents both poems and short stories in which physical distortion and, in some cases, dismemberment, figure as recurring motifs.
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