Publisher: Picador

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

July 26, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

This was a very odd book. The beginning was ok, it talked about her/his grandparents Desdemona and Lefty, who were also brother and sister living in the old country and emigrating to America and eventually getting married. When Callie was born who is Desdemona and Lefty’s granddaughter that it started to get a little unbelievable […]

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Review: Mathilda Savitch

June 1, 2011 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: Mathilda Savitch

The novel is well paced and Mathilda is a fun lively character, parading around the house in her dead sister’s clothes and amidst it all, dealing with the dreaded puberty.  Despite her attempts at being bad, the author, Victor Lodato, shows the innocence and naivety as 9/11 takes place during all this chaos with Mathilda […]

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