I finally finished this book last night. I thought it was a good book, but I took way too long to finish it. Spoilers ahead – read at your own risk…
I thought it was an interesting story – it’s all about a hermaphrodite’s life story (and I’ll use he here since the writer is writing as an older male). He talks about when he was born and everyone thought he was a girl, then at 14 (due to an accident) found out he was genetically a boy and well, physically too (she always thought she was different, but didn’t know how). He talks about going from living as a girl to living as a boy. How a hermaphrodite was even a possibility in this family with her grandparents being brother and sister, and his parents also distantly related (his mother’s mom was a cousin to his grandparents).
The funny thing is the whole time I was writing the description above, I kept wanting to write she. The writer writes a lot about the time he was a girl though he is writing this and an older male (in his 40s). It just felt, to me, that a girl or woman was writing this. I’m not sure why.
Anyway, it was a good book. I enjoyed the story and learning about the life of this family, and this person, in particular. Monday night is the book club meeting to discuss this book. It should be interesting to hear what other people have to say.
Now, I’m going to start reading Naked by David Sedaris (one of my birthday gifts) or The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst. I haven’t decided which one yet.
