A Scarcity of Virgins

By JoAnn Catania

Co-winner of the Association of Italian -Canadian Writers-Bressani Fiction Award

A Women's Fiction Writers Association BOOKTRIB CHOICE

Rita McEachern is a hyphenated Canadian from a strict Sicilian background, living in Toronto in 1986. Although she grew up in the free-love, flowers in the hair era of the 60s and 70s, it has not touched her. Eighteen years of being the stay-at-home wife and mother that her husband, Victor, expected her to be, has turned her into a borderline agoraphobic, fearful of venturing more than a few blocks from her home. If hers is a loveless and passionless marriage, she is not aware of it

An unexpected confrontation with Valentin, a ruggedly handsome Spanish immigrant, sends her life spinning in a totally different direction. Although twelve years younger than Rita, Valentin is intrigued by her innocence and na vet . Unable to resist his enthusiastic overtures, Rita falls passionately in love with him, jeopardizing her marriage and the well-being of her children.

A Scarcity of Virgins is a feminist period piece that explores with psychological depth the full emotional palette of a woman caught between worlds, and the complexity of the human mind caught between obsession and delusion. Within a life of drudgery, Rita discovers passion beyond her wildest dreams. More addictive than any narcotic, she must find a way to extricate herself from its hold before it destroys both her and her family.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771805102
• ISBN13: 9781771805100
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Iguana Books
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"