In her collection, Goobie challenges the adult condemnation of teenage sexual exploration, as well as many of the moral assumptions defined by Christianity.

In 1999, Goobie released a collection of poetry, 'The Girls Who Dream Me.' Like 'Scars of Light,' 'The Girls Who Dream Me' deals with Goobie’s earlier abuses, but shows evidence of healing. Dickson wrote in Canadian Book Review Annual 1994 that 'Scars of Light' “offers us no platitudes, and demands none.” into the details of abusive childhood.” Lisa A. Goobie’s subsequent books of poetry include 'Scars of Light,' in which, as Rhea Tregerov reported in the University of Toronto Quarterly, she “tells the story of the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse that occurred within her apparently ‘ordinary’ family.” Tregerov acknowledged 'Scars of Light' as “chillingly powerful.” Books in Canada reviewer Marlene Cookshaw also found favor with the book, which she described as a “harrowing journey. 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.

Sticks and Stones by Beth Goobie