ISBN: 978-0-9791186-0-9  0-9791186-0-3 Trade, Paperback 372 Pages $16.95 May 2008 Memoir, Relationships,   Sexuality	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! Argo & Cole Publishers 439 Larchmont Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90004 Fax: 323-464-5608 zola@lawrence.net publisher@argocole.net http://zola.lawrence.net Click here to read author interview
Zola Lawrence earned an MFA in Creative Writing and 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 Arabia, Asia, Europe and the USA. Lawrence has begun a travel book while she continues to live overseas.	August 2008 Tour Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Vancouver-Canada   I  couldn't stop reading Virgins! …Your work resonates for those of us who were young then, especially women and the issues we had at that time about men and sex and being good, or getting pregnant. ..Your writing really takes us away to a different time and place. Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Author of Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story
Zola Lawrence  Quotes from VIRGINS! A Memoir of the Sexual Revolution Mick, the Welshman You branded my virginity with the Union Jack, your English accent, your Welsh heritage. I look from your face to your genitals…..You look so ugly there! But can’t you make me come, like you do? Can’t I have that too? Words are hieroglyphics for much bigger events. Shawn, First Love 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? I caress your penis only to discover I am pulling on your Puritan horrors. 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 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? I caress your penis only to discover I am pulling on your Puritan horrors. 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 Color is as necesary to the soul as food is to the body. We We are God unto ourselves because we interpret everything that happens to us. “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 “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. "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." “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 “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 What? Making love the first time for Zola, then for five male virgins, and what happened in the relationships, from hello to adieu. How? With passion and compassion.

What's it all about?      Zola has written about an era of confusion when the individual was subjected to the mass mind that enveloped the youth of the Sixties, and Seventies -  the Sexual Revolution. She writes from a woman's perspective, and reveals that it was the innocent  - both virgin men and women - who were the prime targets of the revolution.      Free-love mostly meant lots of sex with no attachments, no commitments, and no reponsibilities. Was this healthy? Was it freely chosen, or was it imposed on women by men? Who benefited and who suffered from this new lifestyle?      Zola Lawrence helps you to intimately discover what this Revolution was really like with her first lover, and then five male virgin lovers from 1968 to 1981.

What is the meaning of sex? Sex is much more than just a physical act. It envelops the soul, distorts perceptions, and can even be quite deceptive. Argo & Cole presents this memoir as a dedication to those who survived the revolution, and to those who are living with the consequences now.

Dear Reader,

Are you a virgin? Were you a virgin? Did your first love brand his or her name into yours? Set you off like a comet into the future with their lovemaking attached to your hopes and dreams?      What are virgin men like? Physically, they usually take to lovemaking like a duck to water. Emotionally? Yes, male virgins are vulnerable.      "Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll" was the battle cry of the Sixties, but only because of the Pill. The Pill liberated me from pregnancy, only to make me a slave to my passions. I loved the adventure, the hunt and the conquest like any man. No STDs back then. No AIDS.      "Make Love not War". I chose to make love. Among my lovers were virgins. These are love letters to them. May they give you adventure, love, and perhaps some understanding and wisdom about human nature.                         Peace & Love,                               Zola