Tom Perrotta tackles sex education in his novel, and the lack of it in real life
In a poignant presentation of his latest bestseller The Abstinence Teacher (Macmillan Audio and St. Martin's Press; October, 2007) at BookExpo America 2007, Tom Perrotta talked not about sex education or his novel so much as the painful outcomes of the lack of sex education as he was growing up. Perrotta illustrated his point by reading from his essay called Sperm Attack, reminding us what it's like to be sexually uninformed. Perrotta then told the brutal true story of 'D' to close his remarks. Later, Perrotta autographed books at the St. Martin's Press BEA booth.
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Tom Perrotta tackles sex education in his novel, and the lack of it in real life
