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The Help |  | Author: Kathryn Stockett
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 0399155341
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780399155345
ASIN: 0399155341
Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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Product Description
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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Worth the read November 23, 2009
Deb (Albuquerque, NM United States)
This is a terrific story. I didn't want the book to end. I have not felt this way about other books in a very long time. Time is a valuable resource to invest and this was worth the time.
wonderful November 23, 2009
J. Steer (Massachusetts)
what an outstanding first book. this book will stay with me a long time.
Reminds us how far we've come... but also, how far we still have to go November 23, 2009
M. M. WEYER (Hollis, Maine United States)
I've read this book three times. The story is so well written. Just as real life issues and emotions are never black and white, Ms. Stockett reminds readers that the civil rights struggles of the past and current day were complicated and emotional. This story made me want to continue to work toward civil rights and justice for all people. This should be required reading for all public school teenagers.
Loved reading this book! November 23, 2009
Elizabeth Frist (Northport, NY)
Each character taking a turn to recall events had her own distinct voice. I loved each one.
The Help is a really enjoyable, loving and learning experiencethat deserves all of its accolades and awards.
The Help November 23, 2009
Carol Hall (Friendship, wi)
It is rare to find such a beautifully written novel. I paced myself while reading it, just to be able to enjoy it a while longer.
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