The Help

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The Help is the phenomenal international bestseller (that inspired the Oscar nominated film) by Kathryn Stockett. Enter a vanished & unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver.. . There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child & nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; & white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen & Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend & rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. & together they have an extraordinary story to tell...' The other side of Gone with the Wind
- & just as unputdownable' The Sunday Times 'A big, warm girlfriend of a book' The Times ' Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. It's direct descendent The Help has the same potential.. .an astonishing feat of accomplishment' Daily Express Kathryn Stockett was born & raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing & marketing for nine years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband & daughter. The Help is her first novel.