The eternal battle of the sexes is transferred to the battlefield between Evangelical Christians and proponents of sex education. Ruth Ramsey, sex ed teacher at a local high school, is trying to survive the aftermath of her divorce and a scandal caused by her frank teaching of sex ed. Tim Mason, junkie turned born-again Christian, is struggling with the desires of his old life and the demands of his new one. Their paths cross, and neither is the same. Tom Perrotta's subtle, funny, painful and soul-baring characters make it worth the read.