Emily’s Reviews > Middlesex > Status Update

“And it felt like it had the night before—like a crushing weight, so do boys and men announce their intentions.”

A few chapters ago there was this description of getting dressed and undressed in the girls locker room, and it may be the most seen I’ve ever felt from a book about that time. The mastered, delicate dance to untowel and dress without ever being naked—phew, that took me back.

“Beauty is always freakish.”