by Tom Perrotta · St. Martin's Griffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312363543
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«The Abstinence Teacher» is the literary novel by Tom Perrotta, published by St. Martin's Griffin in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In Stonewood Heights, Ruth Ramsey, a sex education teacher, clashes with Tim Mason, her daughter's soccer coach and an evangelical Christian. Their differences ignite a culture war in the town, but as they get to know each other, an unexpected friendship emerges. Perrotta blends satire and compassion to explore the spiritual and sexual life of suburban America.
This 2008 edition is a reprint within St. Martin's Griffin's Reading Group Gold series.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and book clubs interested in religion, sexuality, and family life in the United States.
Thomas R. Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into Academy Award-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also known for his novel The Leftovers (2011), which was adapted into the critically acclaimed TV series on HBO, co-created by Perrotta and Damon Lindelof.
