Myra sells lingerie and sex toys to housewives at home parties, thereby setting herself up as an expert on the arts of love and seduction-but Vinnie, her hot-blooded husband, has decided to take a vacation from their marriage... Does this make her a hypocrite? Wacky, semi-erotic dreams regularly jolt her awake, and she is losing control of her children and her household with its way too many pets-but a smooth-talking stranger persuades her to rent him the spare room in her basement.... Does this make her a fool? She seeks understanding: of her heedless sister-in-law, her precocious niece, her critical mother and antic father-even, at times, her errant husband... Does this make her a philosopher? During the course of a long Chicago winter, Myra manages to acquire not one lover, but two-and finds herself at the center of a thrilling and perilous balancing act... Does this make her a lunatic? Vinnie's Wife is a story of domesticity gone awry, intention gone astray, and amorous adventure gone incredibly and hilariously wild