August People Author:Ralph Graves It is August, and the sixteen members of the Winderman family have gathered for summer vacation at their compound on the Island. They will spend the month together, as they alwayd do, bound by the land and tradition, and by the rituals of the family patriarch, Charles Winderman. — But for these August people, this will be a very different summer.... more » There is a new member of the family: Charles's daughter-in-law, Ellen - a spirited young woman not yet versed in the strange Winderman ways. Through her fresh eyes they will all begin to see the flaws in the family portrait. They will sense the fierce power beneath the layers of love. And they will come to realize that Charles's despotic rule finally must be challenged.« less