August

August  is mentioned in the diary opened by Tess in the teaser trailer of Open Roads. When Tess finds there a newspaper article about the Jewel Store Bandits in Greenville, the page on the left side in the book shows a written entry by her grandmother. The central text is about Opal and her brother August and how they "carry on best they can" - this insinuates there was some event in the past heavily influencing the life of the children.

Helen also writes about how August would drift more and more off into his imagination. She is worried but not able to help him.