Middlesex<\/em> enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIt raises big questions in a new way. It is funny. It forces you to examine your own life. It is about learning to accept yourself and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is about the struggle between succumbing to all the predetermined genetic, scientific, political and historical forces working against you and actually living your life and overcoming these forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is about societal norms. It is about falling in love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are so many instances that I thought it was reading my mind. There were other moments I knew it wasn’t because it helped me figure out something I was struggling with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is about the messiness of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is universal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve always had an aversion to Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I never understood why it was so universally acclaimed by everyone I spoke to. The main plot is about two siblings that get married and have a child, who then goes on to marry his first cousin, who then has a child that is a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amindformadness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/eugenides-middlesex.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11425,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions\/11425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}