Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is one of the best books I have read in some time, and I would place it in my top ten list of favorite reads. Telling the story of Calliope Stephanides and her transition from a beautiful baby girl to the adult male Cal, Jeffrey Eugenides artfully weaves stories from her grandparents lives to to time the novel ends in the late 20th century.

Given that the book deals honestly with hermaphroditism, you might expect some sensationalism, but in that you would be wrong. This is an intelligent, thought-provoking, and enlightening read. I highly recommend it. Of course, many others have thought the same thing, and the book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction as well.

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