Love and Acceptance were some things that were sorely lacking in the time period in which this novel was written, yet when the August Boatwright met Lilly, she was quick to offer her both. It did not matter that she was black and Lilly was white any more than it mattered that Lilly was a teenage runaway or that she was lying about her past.
I believe that this was a way of showing what could be if love and acceptance were offered, regardless of race.
We saw how patient August Boatwright was with Lilly, and how she forgave her and loved her even before Lilly had come clean with her, and we see how great things worked out because of that. I think that was a way of showing how great things could have turned out, if only people would have been willing to offer love and acceptance to each other without making race an issue.
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