The Paternity Test: A Novel

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the pa­ ter­ nity test also by mi­ chael low­ en­ thal The Same Em­ brace Avoid­ ance Char­ ity Girl the pa­ ter­ nity test mi­ chael low­ en­ thal ter­ race books a trade im­ print of the uni­ ver­ sity of wis­ con­ sin press Ter­ race Books, a trade im­ print of the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin Press, takes its name from the Me­ mo­ rial Union Ter­ race, lo­ cated at the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin–Mad­ i­ son. Since its in­ cep­ tion in 1907, the Wis­ con­ sin Union has pro­ vided a venue for stu­ dents, fa­ culty, staff, and ­ alumni to de­ bate art, music, pol­ i­ tics, and the is­ sues of the day. It is a place where the­ a­ ter, music, drama, lit­ er­ a­ ture, dance, out­ door ac­ tiv­ i­ ties, and major speak­ ers are made avail­ able to the cam­ pus and the com­ mu­ nity. To learn more about the Union, visit www.union.wisc.edu. Ter­ race Books A trade im­ print of the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin Press 1930 Mon­ roe ­ Street, 3rd Floor Mad­ i­ son, Wis­ con­ sin 53711-2059 uw­ press.wisc.edu 3 Hen­ rietta ­ Street Lon­ don WC2E 8LU, En­ gland eu­ ros­ pan­ book­ store.com Copy­ right © 2012 by Mi­ chael Low­ en­ thal All ­ rights re­ served. No part of this pub­ li­ ca­ tion may be re­ pro­ duced, ­ stored in a re­ trieval ­ system, or trans­ mit­ ted, in any for­ mat or by any means, dig­ i­ tal, elec­ tronic, me­ chan­ i­ cal, photo­ cop­ y­ ing, re­ cord­ ing, or oth­ er­ wise, or con­ veyed via the Inter­ net or a web­ site with­ out writ­ ten per­ mis­ sion of the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin Press, ex­ cept in the case of brief quo­ ta­ tions em­ bed­ ded in crit­ i­ cal ar­ ti­ cles and re­ views.­ Printed in the ­ United ­ States of Amer­ ica Li­ brary of Con­ gress ­ Cataloging-in-Publication Data Low­ en­ thal, Mi­ chael. The pa­ ter­ nity test / Mi­ chael Low­ en­ thal. p.   cm. ISBN 978-0-299-29000-9 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-299-29003-0 (e-book) 1. Gay men—Fic­ tion.   2. Sur­ ro­ gate moth­ ers—Fic­ tion.   I. Title. PS3562.O894P38    2012 813´.54—dc23 2012009962 for my ­ father abra­ ham low­ en­ thal cape cod­ der by birth, and for mitch­ ell wa­ ters the pa­ ter­ nity test ...