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The abstinence teacher / Tom Perrotta.

Perrotta, Tom, 1961- (Author).

Summary:

Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise children, but amid its good schools and healthy real estate market, a small-town culture war is brewing. The Abstinence Teacher focuses on two divorced parents who become adversaries in the mess: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780312358334
  • ISBN: 0312358334
  • Physical Description: v, 358 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.

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Domestic fiction.

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  • 19 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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