Part one of term paper
Ava has spent the last 10 years living in Atlanta. When she discovers she's infected with HIV, she sells her hairdressing business and heads back to her childhood home of Idlewild, Michigan, to spend the summer with her recently widowed sister before moving on to San Francisco. Once there, however, she finds herself embroiled in big-city prob ...

Part two of term paper
... lakefront village that was originally conceived, and made enjoyable for decades, as a resort town for people of color. When things take a turn for the worse in Atlanta: her shop suffers because her former lover's wife barges in to confront Ava and informs everyone that Ava has the HIV virusS; the invitations Ava once received to speak in pulpits stopped coming; and all the loved ones she knows during her ten years in Atlanta just smile at her and walk in the opposite direction, Ava Johnson decides ...