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Jeffrey Eugenides is also the author for The Virgin Suicides. Another amazing book. Middlesex has so many layers of history involved, from Cal's (the protagonist) grandparents story in Asia Minor, to his/her parents in America, and to the modern century in Detroit, MI. This book contains family secrets, secrets that build up and result in an interesting topic about hermaphrodites. Most people are turned off when I tell them this book is about a hermaphrodite, but it is so much more than that. I also learned some things about the Greek culture, which is great because I got a different perspective besides what the history textbooks gave us. It felt more human and not just about the usual war heroes, statues, and politics.
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