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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780312358334
- EAN
- 9780312358334
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312358334
ISBN-13
9780312358334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59785790
Product Key Features
Book Title
Abstinence Teacher
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-021961
TitleLeading
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Reviews
"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, "He's the Steinbeck of suburbia."--Time "Perotta seems to enjoy putting characters with divergent belief systems together in a bag, as it were, and shaking it up. That is the technique he uses in his latest novel, to satiric effect. Ruth Ramsey, divorced, is the human sexuality teacher at the local high school; she believes in being honest with her students, telling them that some people 'enjoy oral sex.' She lands in hot water when an evangelical church, offended by her curriculum, forces the school board to include a section on abstinence. Tim Mason is the beloved soccer coach of Ruth's young daughter, Maggie. He is also a reformed stoner/loser and an entrenched member of the church that attacked Ruth. Things get interesting when Tim, in a moment of crisis, leads his team of girls in prayer, and Ruth publicly drags her daughter from the soccer field. Ironically, Ruth and Tim find they have more in common than they thought, and a shaky--at times humorous--interchange begins. Perotta focuses on the small, personal motives behind life's big shake-ups. A finely wrought novel."--Jerry Eberle,Booklist, Praise for Tom Perrotta and "Little Children": A "New York Times,"" Los Angeles Times," "USA Today," "San Francisco Chronicle," "Boston Globe" and "BookSense" bestseller: " Extraordinary . . . at once suspenseful, ruefully funny, and ultimately generous." -- "The New York Times Book Review " " Perrotta is that rare writer equally gifted at drawing people' s emotional maps . . . and creating sidesplitting scenes. Suburban comedies don' t come any sharper." -- "People" " A virtuoso set of overlapping character studies." -- "The Washington Post" " A precise and witty evocation of the sweet, mind-numbing routines and everyday marital conflicts . . . an effervescent new work." -- "Entertainment Weekly" " Perrotta wisely refuses to condescend to the world he satirizes, and his masterful perspective provides the reader with a breezy omniscience over the characters' failures in life. The book is disarmingly funny but rueful . . . a brave novel." -- "Esquire"
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Perrotta's topical novel 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., Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise kids. It's got the proverbial good schools, solid values and a healthy real estate market. It's the kind of place where parents are involved in their children's lives, where no opportunity for enrichment goes unexplored. Ruth Ramsey is the human sexuality teacher at the local high school. She believes that "pleasure is good, shame is bad, and knowledge is power." Ruth's younger 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 belongs to The Tabernacle, an evangelical Christian church that doesn't approve of Ruth's style of teaching. And Ruth in turn doesn't applaud The Tabernacle's mission to take its message outside its doors. Adversaries in a small-town culture war, Ruth and Tim instinctively mistrust each other. But when a controversy on the soccer field pushes the two of them to actually talk to each other, they are forced to take each other at something other than face value. The Abstinence Teacher exposes the powerful emotions that run beneath the surface of modern American family life and explores the complex spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people. Elegantly written, it is characterized by the distinctive mix of satire and compassion that have animated Perrotta's previous novels.
LC Classification Number
PS3566.E6948A66
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