Books
by Kathyrn Stockett
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The Help |
A young woman is compiling a book containing the stories of their day-to-day lives written by the maids in her town, who are raising the children and doing all the cleaning and cooking. Innocent enough . . . but it's 1962, the town: Jackson, Mississippi; she is white, they are black. Warm, funny, angry, an extraordinary novel which keeps you on tenterhooks as she and the maids forge true friendships while facing ostracism, racial prejudice and worse.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 58 Autumn 2010) |
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The Help |
This book explores segregation in America and a white woman's attempt to help 'the help'. Two maids and one white woman tell the story, enabling the reader to understand all opinions. It was unputdownable and excellently told from beginning to end. Stockett's skill has enabled me to gain historical perspective on a major issue as well as an emotional understanding of the people at the time by relating to her characters, which were all believable.
(Eloise May - bwl 60 Spring 2011) |
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