  In this paper we study $\mathcal M(X)$, the set of diffeomorphism classes of
smooth manifolds with the simple homotopy type of $X$, via a map $\Psi$ from
$\mathcal M(X)$ into the quotient of $K(X)=[X,BSO]$ by the action of the group
of homotopy classes of simple self equivalences of $X$. The map $\Psi$
describes which bundles over $X$ can occur as normal bundles of manifolds in
$\mathcal M(X)$. We determine the image of $\Psi$ when $X$ belongs to a certain
class of homology spheres. In particular, we find conditions on elements of
$K(X)$ that guarantee they are pullbacks of normal bundles of manifolds in
$\mathcal M(X)$.
