Not the End of the World

by Rebecca Stowe

Book Overview

Maggie lives in a house with its own beach and her father owns the local candy factory. But are they really the perfect American family? What lies behind the mysterious and traumatic incident... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039331006X
• ISBN13: 9780393310061
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Children's Book For Adults

Not The End of the World, by Rebecca Stowe, is a poingent and searing story of a young girl, Maggie Pittsfield, 12, trying to find freedom in an appearingly perfect life. Her father, a rich candy factory owner, is really a possesive ogre over the family. Her mother is a fragile and flat character overpowered by her own mother, who tourtures Maggie. Maggie's sister is younger, and her behavior is mysterious. Maggie, with several split personalities, is considered a troublemaker after an incident taking place the year prior. She is a wonderful representation of what happens to sexually abused children, and her "personalities" are ways of coping with her feelings. She keeps each personality in a beautifully lacquered chest, specifically with one kept in a draw only with her eyes able to appear. As the story unfolds, so does this personality, Peggy; and Maggie's life, along with the depression she suffers from as well. Though a children's book, it deals with very adult subjects and feelings, and I would highly recomend it to any one who has experienced sexual abuse.