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May Boatwright Character Analysis

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Lily finds freedom for herself and her nanny after breaking her out of prison, setting them on a life away from her abusive household. They escape to Tiburon as an attempt to learn more of Lily 's late mother 's past, finding mothers in the Boatwright sisters. There she is forced to encounter bouts of racism as she gets involved in the black community. Her boyfriend, Zach, is put unjustly into jail, which brings much heartache to said community, resulting in May Boatwright 's suicide. Her boyfriend is set free, as well as Lily herself, whom escapes her father 's isolating grasp once more, staying with the family she made and not the one she

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