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The Pain Eater (Unabridged) by Beth Goobie

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The Pain Eater (Unabridged)

Author
Beth Goobie
Narrator
Sarah Kelley
Publisher
Second Story Press
Publish Date
15 May 2021
Run Time
6 hours 26 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
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Beth Goobie once again brings voice to the teenage outsider and victim in a way that only she can.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 to confront them.

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Author
Beth Goobie
Narrator
Sarah Kelley
Duration
6 hours 26 minutes
Release Date
15 May 2021
ISBN
9781772601954
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Second Story Press
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem

Synopsis

Beth Goobie once again brings voice to the teenage outsider and victim in a way that only she can.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 to confront them.

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