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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of 1967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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Customers find this novel engaging with a creative storyline and deliciously descriptive writing. The book handles historical events well and provides a family story within historical settings, making it informative and thought-provoking. Customers praise the character development, particularly the detailed histories of the ancestors, and appreciate the humor that makes them laugh and weep. The book explores intersexuality thoroughly, and while some find it detailed without being boring, others mention it can be hard to follow.
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