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The Abstinence Teacher (Reprint) (Paperback)

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    An idle remark about oral ****** gets high-school teacher Ruth Ramsey assigned to teaching a ****** education class with a distinctly Christian curriculum. Soon she's engaged in a suburban battle with Pastor Dennis and born-again rocker Tim Mason. Tom Perrotta once again shows his skill at sly and subversive, but warm-hearted, satires of small-town America.

Features

  • Genre: Religion, Self Improvement, Social Science, Family & Relationships, Psychology
  • Subgenre: Sociology / Rural, Settings, Conflicts & Dualities, Interpersonal Relations, Parenting / General, Love, Relationships & Sex, Sociology / Urban, General, Education, Sociology / General, Divorce & Separation, Types of Characters, Christianity / Evangelism
  • Date Published: September 02, 2008
  • Release Date: September 02, 2008
  • Publisher: Griffin
  • Author: Tom Perrotta
  • Pages: 358
  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback

Additional Information

  • DPCI: 059-04-2025
  • ASIN: B002HPRWLQ
  • Catalog #: 11326663
  • ISBN: 9780312363543
  • Item can be gift wrapped.

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"Ruefully humorous and tenderly understanding of human folly: the most mature, accomplished work yet from this deservedly bestselling author." (starred review)

Reviewer: James Poniewozik, (Bookforum)

"THE ABSINTENCE TEACHER is a sharp, and almost effortlessly funny comedy of morals."

Reviewer: Michiko Kakutani, (New York Times)

"[A] sad-funny-touching story that looks at the frustrations and perils of life in suburbia through darkly tinted, not rose-colored glasses."