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Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody’s business, but she can’t mind her tongue, so she’s lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.
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Customer Reviews
2010-10-31
By Dr. Ana H. Vazquez-morina (Virginia Beach)
One of the best books I have ever read. Well written. You don't want to put it down. Funny, sad, and thought provoking! A glimpse into the dynamics of humanity.
2010-10-30
By Leny
I've just started the book and it is a great read. It is pretty long, but it is hard to put down. I'd definitely recommend it! :)
2010-10-30
By A Zhu (Irvine, CA United States)
I started this book, well, because the rating had been so high. The more I read, the more confused I got. Why do other people like it so much? Even after reading all those good reviews, I still don't get it. Its story is about an old topic. People nowadays can hardly relate to it. The characters are too black or white, either good or bad, no depth.
2010-10-29
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Enjoyed this book very much. Laughed in many parts of comments by the characters, heart warming relationships, and sad that segregation was a part of our history.
2010-10-28
By J. Zahn (Pascoag, RI United States)
It took me a while to get to this book but I was so glad I did. It was such an interesting read that I breezed right through it but I didn't want it to end! Stockett's writing style is supberb, using many "voices" for her story. It makes you appreciate and understand what people went through during that era. I certainly will be looking for more of her books.
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