Winner of the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 2003.
This novel spans several generations of Greek immigrants, as they lead up to the life events of "Cal/Callie" a hermaphrodite that is undiagnosed until his/her teens. Raised as a female, we see life through her socially awkward eyes. We feel for her, in her inability to fit in, and the crushing blows and life altering events that are visited upon her in her teens. We come to like Callie, and we come to accept Cal.
This novel is not dry, although it's subject matter is serious. Eugenides takes us on a long journey, but entertains us the whole way.
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