Finally, I've finished part one of South of Broad. So far, we've met Leo, the main character, who is struggling with internal conflict with the loss of his brother and the feeling of not being good enough for his well-to-do mother. We've met Sheba and Trevor, the new neighbors with the alcoholic mother, Niles and Starla, the brother and sister orphans, Chad, Molly and Fraser, the affluent teenagers from the yacht club, and lastly the talented high school football coach and his son Ike. These characters are all going to play a big role and Leo's life now, as he has become friends with all of the new people.
Part two of the story develops twenty years after Leo and his friends meet in high school. Leo is now a newspaper columist. Sheba Poe, the beautiful neighbor, turned into a highly known Hollywood actress, something Leo and the rest of the people who knew Sheba, could predict. As time has passed, Sheba reveals to Leo that she has lost contact with her brother, Trevor. They haven't spoken since high school, and she is afraid is he dying of AIDS. It has reached a height in the gay community in San Francisco, where Trevor had been living. Leo remembers Mrs. Poe constantly refering to Trevor as gay, and being highly embarrassed of his sexuality.
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