Enter a vanished & unjust world: Jackson Mississippi 1962. Where black maids raise white children but arent trusted not to steal the silver... Theres Aibileen raising her seventeenth white child & nursing the hurt caused by her own sons 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 theyd 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...