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Now THIS is a book! What a wonderful, wonderful piece of literature. Eugenides has such a beautiful way with words, sucking you into his prose so completely that hours can pass in the blink of an eye. Despite what you may have heard, the book isn't just about an intersex individual ("hermaphrodite", if you want to use the less PC term). Yes, it does follow the life of Callie/Cal, an intersex person who is raised female but lives as a man. More than that, though, it is an incredible, sweeping fam
  
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