The Abstinence Teacher

The Abstinence Teacher
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Publisher : Vintage Canada
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780307370938
ISBN-13 : 0307370933
Rating : 4/5 (933 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Abstinence Teacher by : Tom Perrotta

Download or read book The Abstinence Teacher written by Tom Perrotta and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Abstinence Teacher illuminates the powerful emotions that run beneath the placid surface of modern American family life, and explores the complicated spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people. It is elegantly and simply written, characterized by the distinctive mix of satire and compassion that has become Tom Perrotta's trademark. Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise children: it's got good schools, solid values and a healthy real estate market. Parents in the town are involved in their children's lives, and often in other children's lives, too—coaching sports, driving carpool, focusing on enriching experiences. Ruth Ramsey is the high school human sexuality teacher whose openness is not appreciated by all her students—or their parents. Her daughter's soccer coach is Tim Mason, a former stoner and rocker whose response to hitting rock bottom was to reach out and be saved. Tim's introduction of Christianity on the playing field horrifies Ruth, while his evangelical church sees a useful target in the loose-lipped sex ed teacher. But when these two adversaries in a small-town culture war actually talk to each other, a surprising friendship begins to develop.


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