04086cam a2200649 4500 595234186 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427217738 1427217734 5e5aeafd-4837-41f5-8e4b-dcce64167cc3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 142237 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Perrotta, Tom. The Abstinence Teacher [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2007. books on tape. literary fiction. family life. sexuality. high school. suburbia. American Authors. audiobooks. contemporary fiction. sex. Suburban life. soccer. Religion. audio books. Divorce. sex education. American Literature. Christianity. Abstinence. contemporary literature. family fiction. literary novels. bestselling authors. contemporary novels. evangelists. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 286MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 286MB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b><i>The Abstinence Teacher</i> 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.<br /></b><br /> 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.<br /> "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."—<i>Seattle</i> <i>Times</i><br /> "Tom Perrotta is a truth-telling, unshowy chronicler of modern-day America."—<i>The New</i> <i>York Times Book Review</i> (in a front-page review)</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Listen Up Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. Scott, Campbell. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1493-1/142237-TheAbstinenceTeacher.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/142237-TheAbstinenceTeacher.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5E5AEAFD-4837-41F5-8E4B-DCCE64167CC3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1493-1/142237-TheAbstinenceTeacher.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/142237-TheAbstinenceTeacher.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5E5AEAFD-4837-41F5-8E4B-DCCE64167CC3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)