August, is a novel written by Judith Rossner focused on a psychoanalyst and one of her analysands.
The novel focuses on the relationship between a psychoanalyst, Dr. Lulu Shinefield, and a young troubled woman, Dawn Henley, from the beginning of their therapy together through to its termination.
Lulu Kagan Shinefield: Main character and psychoanalyst which the book centers onAnita Kagan: Lulu's motherGeorge Kagan: Lulu's fatherLuther "Woody" Samuelson: Lulu's first husbandSascha Shinefield: Lulu's daughter by her first husbandNathan Shinefield: Lulu's second husbandTeddy Shinefield: Lulu's son by her second husbandWalden Shinefield: Lulu's son by her second husbandBonnie and Duke Mayer: Friends of Lulu's and fellow analystsDawn Henley: The other main character of the novel and Dr. Shinefield's analysandVera Henley: Dawn's adoptive "father", but actually her auntTony Lubovitz: Dawn's adoptive "mother" and partner to Vera prior to separationLeonard Silverstein: Tony's husband following her separation from VeraGordon Henley: Dawn's biological fatherGregory Barnes: Gordon's homosexual partnerMiranda Lewis Henley: Dawn's biological motherNell Lewis: Miranda's sisterMavis McLeod Hagerty: First housekeeper and sitter for Dawn following her mother's deathCaitlin Hagerty: Second housekeeper and sitter for Dawn as an infant, and cousin to MavisDr. Leif Seaver: Dawn's former analystAlan Gartner: Dawn's early boyfriend and biological father of her aborted childRob Grace: Another boyfriend of Dawn'sTom Grace: Another of Dawn's lovers, and father to Rob GraceBill Denton: Another boyfriend of Dawn'sJack Stewart: Final boyfriend of Dawn's mentioned in the novelPolly Campbell, Lillian, Jessica Rubenstein, Sandy: Friends of Dawn's
