Virgins, a Memoir of the Sexual Revolution is a compelling look at how Vietnam, the Women’s Movement, Birth Control, economic class and Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll shaped the lives and loves of young people in the Sixties and Seventies.

Zola Lawrence thought she was exploring the psychology of male virginity, insisting VIRGINS was about her lovers. To her shock, a friend said, “It’s all about you!”

The emotional turmoil of an entire generation shaped by War, the Pill, death and murder, and a Cultural Revolution - it’s all here, from 1967 to 1981.

And everything you ever wanted to know about men as virgins!

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Lawrence earned a BA in Rhetoric from the University of Illinois-Urbana, and an
MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, Canada. 

She was a secretary for 10 years then a university teacher in the States while writing.  Two years after completing VIRGINS! in 1982, she began teaching overseas and writing THE GUITAR PLAYER & THE LADY KILLER,
to be published in 2009.

She has taught in Canada, Egypt, England, France, Indonesia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA.

Lawrence has begun a series of travel-related books and continues to live overseas.

 Zola Lawrence

 Quotes from VIRGINS! A Memoir of the Sexual Revolution

Mick, the Welshman

Shawn, First Love

1. I make light of my disappointment.  “I don’t know. I was a virgin a minute ago and don’t know if I still am. What happened?
2. I caress your penis only to discover I am pulling on your Puritan horrors.
3. I recall all your careers and wonder if you still want to be an oceanographer, journalist, radio-TV newsman, reporter, electrician, electronics specialist or a Star Trek crew member.               
   
                                                      Dennis, College Love

1. I make light of my disappointment.  “I don’t know. I was a virgin a minute ago and don’t know if I still am. What happened?
2. I caress your penis only to discover I am pulling on your Puritan horrors.
3. I recall all your careers and wonder if you still want to be an oceanographer, journalist, radio-TV newsman, reporter, electrician, electronics specialist or a Star Trek crew member. 

                         Richard, the Triangle

1. Color is as necesary to the soul as food is to the body.
2. We We are God unto ourselves because we interpret everything that happens to us.
3. “When will you learn we were all young then? We’ve grown up and changed. We all hurt each other, but we all loved each other.” When will you learn we were all young then? We’ve grown up and changed. We all hurt each other, but we all loved each other.”

        Keith, the Canadian Adventurer

1. “I don’t how any of the sex relates to the story,” another woman is saying. 
   “You mean you want me to edit all the sex scenes?” I ask in horror.
   “They don’t really add much to the story,” she says.
2. "I tried to live how other people say life should be lived, but I tired of it too quickly. It drains the soul to live a conventional life."
3. “God, I love Americans! They have such damn awful energy!  Canadians just sit back on their arses and bad-rap Americans because they’re so jealous.”
   
                                       Pierre, the Frenchman
4. 
   “I walk around for years,” you say, “for years, a virgin! But now, I am not. And in lovely San Francisco with a beautiful, older American woman!” you say and kiss my mouth.

Who? When? - Zola's Lovers
Mick, the Welshman, 1969-1973
Shawn, First Love, 1967-1980
Dennis, College Love, 1970-1978
Richard, the Triangle, 1971-1981
Keith, the Canadian Adventurer, 1974-
Pierre, the Frenchman, 1977-1980

Where?
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
London, England
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Paris, France
San Francisco, California
Spokane, Washington
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada

How?
With passion and compassion.