Middlesex ****

What unbelievable person trauma must evolve in a transgendered body. It becomes especially complex when the situation isn't recognized through infancy, adolescence and early adulthood. This book by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jeffrey Eugenides traces such personal turmoil (not his own but the character in the book) through an equally tumultuous period in the history of the United States. Although it could be described as morose, there is enough testimony of human resilence that it is both an enlightening and positive read.