![]() ![]() He then meets the two orphans Niles and Starla who he finds tied down to chairs and wins their confidence by untying them. He bakes cookies for his new dramatic neighbors Sheba and Trevor Poe and their alcoholic mother. On Bloomsday, 1969, Leo performs a series of tasks that leads him to meet his soon-to-be friends. An influential Catholic priest named Monsignor Max is also introduced, and he proves to be lifelong companion to Leo's mother after Leo's father passes away. ![]() He then introduces the reader to his loving father and strict mother and how their life stories shaped their characters. Hints at a previous run-in with the law are given and he will exit his parole period that summer. He reveals himself to be a paper-boy for the South of Broad delivery area, thus introducing the reader to the Charleston neighborhood. Leo is the narrator of the story who gradually reveals his troubled childhood which was traumatized by the sudden and unforeseen suicide of his older brother Steve. Part one focuses on introducing the reader to Leopold Bloom King (Leo), his family, and his set of friends who he meets on a fateful Bloomsday (June 16, 1969). It ranges from his troubled childhood to his adult life with his close group of friends. The novel follows the life of Leopold Bloom King in Charleston, South Carolina. South of Broad is a 2009 novel by Pat Conroy. ![]()
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