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. Its 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."