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The Abstinence Teacher
EN USISBN: 0307356361 bzw. 9780307356369, in Englisch, Random House Canada, gebraucht.
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contemporary,literary,literature and fiction, Some people enjoy it."That was all Ruth had said. Even now, when she'd had months to come to terms with the fallout from this remark, she still marveled at the power of those four words, which she'd uttered without premeditation and without any sense of treading on forbidden ground. (p. 11)Thanks to an off-hand remark made during a class discussion of oral sex, sex-ed teacher Ruth Ramsey finds herself a target of the Christian evangelicals who are increasingly influencing the schoolboard of suburban Stonewood Heights. Forced to attend remedial sessions with a smug "Virginity Consultant," Ruth is isolated and alone, caught in the polarized red-versus-blue landscape of present-day American suburbia. It's like "living in a horror movie," she thinks, "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, or something. You never knew who they were going to get to next." Divorced and sharing custody of her daughters with her ex, and sometimes attempting a futile date, Ruth spends many a lonely weekend wondering how her bleak existence came to be.Then one morning at her daughter's soccer game, Ruth meets Tim Mason, a cute forty-something volunteer coach. Ruth feels an instant attraction to Tim, but when he draws the girls together for a spontaneous prayer circle after the game, she angrily yanks her daughter away from the proceedings, placing herself once again in the sights of the evangelicals.But Ruth has another unexpected problem: she can't se.
contemporary,literary,literature and fiction, Some people enjoy it."That was all Ruth had said. Even now, when she'd had months to come to terms with the fallout from this remark, she still marveled at the power of those four words, which she'd uttered without premeditation and without any sense of treading on forbidden ground. (p. 11)Thanks to an off-hand remark made during a class discussion of oral sex, sex-ed teacher Ruth Ramsey finds herself a target of the Christian evangelicals who are increasingly influencing the schoolboard of suburban Stonewood Heights. Forced to attend remedial sessions with a smug "Virginity Consultant," Ruth is isolated and alone, caught in the polarized red-versus-blue landscape of present-day American suburbia. It's like "living in a horror movie," she thinks, "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, or something. You never knew who they were going to get to next." Divorced and sharing custody of her daughters with her ex, and sometimes attempting a futile date, Ruth spends many a lonely weekend wondering how her bleak existence came to be.Then one morning at her daughter's soccer game, Ruth meets Tim Mason, a cute forty-something volunteer coach. Ruth feels an instant attraction to Tim, but when he draws the girls together for a spontaneous prayer circle after the game, she angrily yanks her daughter away from the proceedings, placing herself once again in the sights of the evangelicals.But Ruth has another unexpected problem: she can't se.
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