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The Abstinence Teacher is a 2007 novel by American author Tom Perrotta. It tells the story of Ruth Ramsey, a divorced sexual education teacher who lives in suburban New Jersey and comes into conflict with the town's conservative population.
- Tom Perrotta
- 2007
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.
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The Abstinence Teacher focuses on two divorced parents who each play key roles in the lives of other people’s children: Ruth Ramsey is the human sexuality teacher at the local high school who believes that "pleasure is good, shame is bad, and knowledge is power."
Jan 1, 2007 · The Abstinence Teacher has two main characters: Ruth Ramsey, a divorcee’ and high school sex educator who makes one inappropriate comment too many, drawing the ire of the evangelical Tabernacle church and its’ hell for leather Pastor Dennis, and Tim Mason, a former stoner and rock n’ roller, also divorced, turned born-again Christian and ...
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- Professor Tom Perrotta
Oct 21, 2007 · Tom Perrotta sets his cast of flawed parents and un-airbrushed kids against the stained-glass background of muscular Christianity on the march.
Oct 16, 2007 · After meeting Tim, a former rock musician turned born-again evangelical, Ruth, a liberal-minded sex education teacher at the local high school, thinks: "She'd secretly been hoping to find...
