Slacks for Ella Funt

As in his previous novels, Perrotta writes about the battles an insecurities of the suburban world. Ruth is a high school sex-ed teacher, determined to be honest with her students, who is forced into an abstinence-only curriculum by right wing Christian forces in the community. Tim is a reformed addict who has found an uneasy peace in the church. Perrotta succeeds in being fair to Tim’s faith and position, showing the feelings experiences that got him where he is, with the unfortunate side effect that Tim ends up being a much more rounded and developed character than Ruth.
I enjoyed reading this—Perrotta had a sly wit that’s always entertaining. However, from reading other books of his, it all seemed pretty familiar and obvious where the plot was going to go.