Fortunate Isle

During the tumultuous last three decades of the 20th Century, two brothers, raised in the working-class Clarcek family, each come to terms with the fact that they are gay. Two seismic events, their father's death and the Stonewall rebellion, steer their lives down two very different paths. Andy, the younger brother, leaves his provincial Connecticut town for New York City, where he is soon swept up in the 1970s sexual revolution. His older brother Jimmy sets out for San Francisco, arriving in time for the peak of gay liberation.

Andy's struggle to stay afloat in his new surroundings leads him to a momentous decision that irrevocably impacts his life and the lives of his family and friends. Over the years, the secrets, hopes and fears of the characters are revealed through letters, diary entries and tape recordings. Despite disappointment and disillusion, they continue searching for that elusive fortunate isle, part real and imaginary, just beyond the horizon.