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Paperback. Pub Date: 08 2008 Pages: 358 Publisher: St. Martins Griffin Perrotta is that rare combination: a satirist with heart .... Those who have not Curled Up On The Couch with this writer's books are missing a very great pleasure. -Seattle TimesStonewood 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. w...
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Elegantly and simply written, "The Abstinence Teacher" illuminates the powerful emotions that run beneath the placid surface of modern family life, and explores the complicated spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people.
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"He's the Steinbeck of suburbia." --Time
"A finely wrought novel." --Jerry Eberle, Booklist
"Perrotta is that rare combination: a satirist with heart....Those who haven't curled up on the couch with this writer's books are missing a very great pleasure." --Seattle Times
"Tom Perrotta is a truth-telling, unshowy chronicler of modern-day America." --The New York Times Book Review
"Ruefully humorous and tenderly understanding of human folly: the most mature, accomplished work yet from this deservedly bestselling author." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"Rife with Perrotta's subtle and satiric humor." --Publishers Weekly
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- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0312363540
- ISBN 13 9780312363543
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