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In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
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Add a SummaryTwenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home with a degree from Ole Miss , but her mother won't be happy until she has a ring on her finger. Aibileen is a black maid , a wise , regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Minny , Aibileen's best friend , can cook like nobody's business , but she can't mind her tongue so she can't keep a job . It's 1962 , and these three ordinary women are about to take one extra-ordinary step that forever changes a town and the way women-mothers , daughters , caregivers , friends- view one another.
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Add a Quotethis book is very inspiring,the way the three women come together to tell the world how it really feels like to be treated like a slave. please remember that we are all the same no matter what colour our skin is or what shape our eyes are.Never judge a book by its cover......Because we were all born this way!
“Wasn’t that the point of the book? For women to realize we are just tow people. Not that much separates us. For nearly as much as I thought.” “They say it’s like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime”. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important”
The summer rolls behind us like a hot tar spreader.
( from "Grady's Gift" [ Howell Raines] inserted by Kathry Stockett , in "Too Little Too Late" : " There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white one in the unequal world of segretation. For the dishonesty upon which a society is founded makes every emotion suspect , makes it impossible to know whether what flowed between two people was honest feeling or pity or pragmatism." Mrs. Phelan : "They say its like true love , good help . You only get one in a lifetime . "
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Kathryn Stockett, The Help
Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women: 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, Aibileens best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobodys business, but she cant mind her tongue, so shes 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 dont.
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Add a CommentThis book’s taken a lot of criticism, mostly due to the audacity of a white author presuming she could ever hope to describe what it was like to be a black woman in the 60’s. Probably true and yes it’s full of stereotypes, but damn it’s an enjoyable read. I totally bought into the characters, and really cared what happened to them. Read it, you’ll love it!”
Good book. It was interesting, funny and the characters were terrific.
This was a great book. Very informative about a period in history that I am sure is very hard for some Americans to think and talk about, probably because it is still going on to some extent in some parts of the country. I especially liked the biographical part at the back of the book where Stockett talks about her own experiences with the family's maid. I will be interested to see what, if anything, Stockett writes next.
Hilarious, intriguing, motivating, and most importantly it discusses race discrimination and equality rights. Very interesting, and relatable to life. Love this book!
Very moving and humorous. Please read this one.
It is a serious historic fiction but with plenty of LOL humor sprinkled throughout. Fantastic first effort and how's the author going to top this with her next?
this a beautiful book--you can laugh cry and be upset at the way poepole were treated....it a great story i wonder would it be worth seeing the film...i dont the depth of the characters would be shwon...please read this great book .....
very well-written and engaging - I couldn't put it down. The story is fantastic and captures such a strong feel for the time period. I did find it unbelievably sad, how confined all of the women in the story were, even while it was moving and inspiring. A really thoughtful, enjoyable book.
For those of you who are considering seeing the movie first- DON'T DO IT! I know the book is long, but it's worth it, and moves along so fast, with such great characters, I defy you to try to put it down and go to bed before 1am. For those of you who already went ahead and saw the movie, and are considering reading the book- DO IT! The movie didn't even touch on half of the drama, only took a sliver out of the characters, whereas the book fleshes everything out. I love all the characters, even the minor ones, even the evil ones. Stockett does such a good job of making them real people, not the cardboard catchphrases that we've seen all too many in made-for-TV movies before. Such a good book.
very well written. i couldn't put it down.