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A lot of people have talked about what a great tale this was, so I won't bother -- I'm not enough of a literary dork to make a big impact from that aspect. What I can comment about the book was its ability to really capture what it meant to be part of a modern Greek-American family. Eugenides very accurately and poignantly describes the desperate need to hold on to the motherland ethnology while assimilating into various castes of American culture. There are so many scenes from the protagonist's
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I'm really glad that I took the time to reread this book. I found there was a lot that I didn't remember and a lot that I did, but that was interesting to read for a second time. This author has tackled a few incredibly difficult subjects- incest, inbreeding, and transgender, and turned them into an amazing novel that really makes you think about any prior prejudices you might have, no matter how unintentional. Even better, the story doesn't read like a novel. You actually feel like you're readi
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More a family saga than an autobiography, there were so many amazing stories told in this book! I listened on audio, and I think that really added something as you heard the male adult voice narrating his childhood as a girl.
I can see other people liking this book better than me. Last 150 pages were more interesting to me than the first 400.
This book was really interesting and well written. Cal was such a great character.
Challenges perceptions of love and gender in a fascinating way.
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