"Middlesex" tells the thrilling story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who traveled from a small village across from Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, lived through the glorious days in the Motor City and the racial riots of 1967, before moving to the tree-lined avenues of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why she is not like other girls, Calliope is forced to uncover a great family secret and the astonishing genetic history that transforms Callie into Cal, one of the most daring and wonderful narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and captivating, "Middlesex" is a delightful revival of the American epic.