Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher: Picador USA, 2002.
The 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction, Middlesex will take you from a humble village in Greece at the turn of the of the last Century to mid 1900's American glory days by following the lineage of the Stephanides Family.
Calliope Stephanides cant understand why she's different, why she feels different in her body. On her innocent quest for answers she begins researching her family history only to discover, by error, a secret so shameful she is unsure what to do with it. Plunged into the deep dark depths of guilt, Calliope begins to understand the astonishing genetic codes of gender identity in relation to her own genetic history.
This is contemporary fiction at its best. Harrowing, thrilling and lyrical, Eugenides will leave you moved at the transformation from Calliope to Cal. Pick this up today and the story will stay with you for life.
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