| In 1922, a grown brother and sister flee the Turks' burning of the Greek city of Smyrna and make a new life for themselves in Detroit as man and wife. They and their children make a life for themselves in the new land, working in the car factories, running a tavern, and even teaching members of the nascent Nation of Islam to make silk. The narrator of the entire story, Cal Stephaniades, is in the foreign service in Berlin near the end of the century, but his story involves 14 years as a girl because of his genetic hermaphoditism. Cal was known as Calliope, attended all-girls schools, and developed a crush on a wealthy blonde in Grosse Pointe. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Romance/Romance Problems Yes Ethnic/Regional/Religion Other aspects: Strong "rags to riches" component? Yes Kind of sex: - incest Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes Taboo sex story? Yes Lover is Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - society How sensitive is this character? Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 () United States Yes The US: - Midwest City? Yes City: - dirty, grimy (like New York) Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - lesbians! - Vagia talk! - Weiner talk! Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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