Successful beekeeper and matriarch in Tiburon who takes in Lily and Rosaleen. She leads a prayer group that venerates a Black Madonna statue and provides maternal guidance to Lily. August eventually reveals the truth about Lily's mother and forms a protective phalanx to defend Lily against her abusive father, T. Ray.
Maternal bond formed through shelter and care.
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