Julius and Me: A Tale of Interracial Love

At the end of a wild party, Sandra Osborne, a 34-year-old professor at a big state university, encounters Julius Wethers, a 22-year-old African American who is a star football player destined to be drafted by the NFL. She is immediately taken with the powerful but tender man, in spite of their difference in age. Along the way, other people appear on the scene: Dontae, a shy, naïve young athlete; Tricia, a sprightly undergraduate who becomes Dontae's girlfriend; her own parents, who are having marital difficulties, as are Julius's parents; and her own estranged husband, Mark, who returns on the scene. Sandra and Julius's interactions with these varied characters show how intimacy can sprout in the most unlikely situations, leading to a more profound understanding of what love means.