Describe August and explain how different she was to Lily and Rosaleen

August Boatwright is the owner of the Black Madonna Honey company; August is a black woman who grew up in Virginia. She studied at a black college and became the housekeeper for the Fontanel family. She went on to become a teacher, but when her grandmother left her the beekeeping yard, she moved to Tiburon to manage the honey company. August has a true love for bees, for life, and for love. She offers her help and advice whenever she can, and she becomes a stand-in mother for Lily. She is a spiritual woman with some eclectic hobbies and customs. Unlike Lily and Rosaleen, August is independent and self-assured. She is comfortable in her own skin.