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Middlesex
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 318,515 Ratings and 16,891 Reviews

Book Description
In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry blond clasmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them--along with Callie's failure to develop--leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, she is not really a girl at all.

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Book Information
PublisherBloomsbury USA Children's Books
BindingPaperback (76 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages529
ISBN-101408827352
ISBN-13978-1408827352
Publication Date10/03/2011
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About Jeffrey Eugenides (Author) : Jeffrey Eugenides is a published author. Some of the published credits of Jeffrey Eugenides include Middlesex (Unabridged).
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7/3/2011 Robin Reardon said:
Anyone who doesn't believe that one's gender identity is, foundationally, second only to species in how we define ourselves would change their mind after reading this book. Although a novel, it would be believable as a memoir. And in fact it tells the story of many, many individuals who have remaine... more

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8/29/2009 Jennifer Knox said: by far the best piece of fiction i've read
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2/5/2008 Kathleen Foster said: Great book. Couldn't put it down.
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