The first book to be read and discussed by the Hamilton College Book Club will be Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Below is some information about the book.
From the book jacket: "Middlesex tells 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 moving 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. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic."
If you are interested in being the book club, let us know and we will send over a copy of the book to you. With the book we will also include a reading guide. Please do not read the reading guide until you have read the book, the questions may reveal the plot of the story. The first meeting is October 27 at 4:30 p.m. in Bristol Center. Please email the book store at hambooks@hamilton.edu if you have any questions.
