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The Abstinence Teacher

by Tom Perrotta

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mmignano11 in 50 Book Challenge : TeacherDad 2008: part II (Yesterday, 4:21pm)

I listenend to The Abstinence Teacher and I liked it but I wanted something different to happen. It seemed unfinished somehow, or maybe the characters were so much like real people that it ended the way life really is, there is not really an ending, it just goes on...

TeacherDad in 50 Book Challenge : TeacherDad 2008: part II (Jul 9, 2008, 12:53pm)

#47: The Abstinence Teacher ...lots of sex, some drugs, a bit of rock 'n roll, plus soccer and fundamentalist churches -- that's what makes America great! Quick read, not great, but interesting enough to keep me reading... funny and very accurate, especially if you've been through, as most of ...

warda in 50 Book Challenge : warda's 50 books: 2008 (Jul 8, 2008, 1:06am)

18. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta.

angrystarlyt in 50 Book Challenge : angrystarlyt-100 book challenge! (Jun 21, 2008, 3:56pm)

... little gem of a book that I picked up from a library once, and it's this little perfect nugget of storytelling :) 56. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta A fluffy read, but it flew by...except for some of the evangelical bits, which made me uncomfortable. Predictable, but ...

jhedlund in List Five Books Parlour Game : Seven Virtues (Jun 11, 2008, 8:00pm)

... Kindness by Chris Bohjalian The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle Above All, Be Kind by Zoe Weil The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller

PossMan in Happy Heathens : Raising children religion-free (Jun 3, 2008, 5:43am)

A bit OT but one of the threads in Tom Perrotta's The Abstinence Teacher deals with this issue as the two young girls of the main character catch the religion bug and start going to church.

framboise in 50 Book Challenge : framboise's 50 for 2008 (May 27, 2008, 4:45pm)

... a review I read in a magazine or newspaper. An interesting, well-written short novel by a writer I will be following. 2. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta 3. Affinity by Sarah Waters I've had this one in my library for years and had tried reading it, only to put it down ...

loves2read in 50 Book Challenge : loves2read (Feb 2, 2008, 4:46pm)

... for the start of my 50 Book Challenge: 1) The Golden Tulip, Rosalind Laker 2) Peace Like a River, Leif Enger 3) The abstinence teacher, Tom Perrotta 4) Shield of Three Lions, Pamela Kaufman 5) The Bookseller of Kabul, Asne Seierstad

differentbeat in 50 Book Challenge : Differentbeat's (at least) 50 book challenge for 2007 (Nov 5, 2007, 11:54am)

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