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Living at 28 Barbary Lane, longtime translactant Anna Madrigal has dodged a lifelong secret. When her former tenant Brian invites her on a trip westward, she finally confronts the unresolved matters that have shaped her life and the lives of those around her.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Armistead Maupin
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