middlessex Author:Jeffrey Eugenides The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Entertainment Weekly, Borders,Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.com Best Book of 2002. A breathtaking story of three generations of a Greek-American family who travel to Motor City in 1967.To understand why Calliope is not like other girls,is to... more » uncover a guilty family secret and an astonishing genetic history which turns Calliope into Cal. Lyrical and thrilling. Middlesex is and exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.« less