Author: jeffreyeugenides

What happens when a seven-year-old girl gets an invitation to have tea at Buckingham Palace with the Queen? Nothing ordinary, if the girl is Freya. We learn that the Queen likes to boogie, eats beans on toast (with the inevitable result) and is compassionate and understanding. Told with Giles Andreae’s trademark warmth and humour, but with an added poignancy when the Queen meets Christopher, … meets Christopher, Freya’s brother, this is a perfect celebration of the Queen for her Diamond Jubilee.more

A New York Times Notable Book of 2011A Publisher’s Weekly Top 10 Book of 2011 A Kirkus Reviews Top 25 Best Fiction of 2011 Title One of Library Journal’s Best Books of 2011A Salon Best Fiction of 2011 titleOne of The Telegraph’s Best Fiction Books of the Year 2011 It’s the early 1980s–the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, … early 1980s–the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, the wised-up kids are…

A Pulitzer Prize winner hailed as “deeply affecting” (The New York Times) and “wildly imaginative” (USA Today): As young Calliope Stephanides grapples with gender and sexuality, a sprawling family history unfolds. With over 211,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.