Название: The Abstinence Teacher
Автор: Tom Perrotta
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Классическая проза
isbn: 9780007319473
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TOM PERROTTA
The Abstinence Teacher
Copyright
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This edition first published in Australia in 2008
First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Fourth Estate
First published in USA in 2007 by St. Martins Press
Copyright © Tom Perrotta 2007
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Ebook Edition © MARCH 2009 ISBN: 9780007319473 Version: 2017-03-29
For Joe Gordon
And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.
—THE GOSPEL OF MARK
Table of Contents
Part One - Some People Enjoy It
Chapter 3 - Who Do We Appreciate?
Chapter 9 - A Big Day for the Lord
Part Four - Presentation of Fears
Chapter 12 - Go Home to Your Wife
ON THE FIRST DAY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY, RUTH RAMSEY WORE A short lime green skirt, a clingy black top, and strappy high-heeled sandals, the kind of attention-getting outfit she normally wouldn't have worn on a date—not СКАЧАТЬ