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The museum

by Julian Halls

A novel following two same-sex couples and the eccentric staff of the Truggamora Museum. When one woman asks for a sperm donation to start a family, the potential donor is distracted by a scheme to forge a missing painting to restore his ancestral home.

Accession 23522 ISBN 0980548209 Publisher Knocklofty
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