The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962, The Help is a novel about three women who come together to try and make change, however small, in their town. Skeeter is a 22-year-old recent college graduate recently returned home to a mother obsessed with marrying her off. Aibileen is a black maid raising yet another white child, bitter after her own son recently died. Minny is Aibileen’s best friend and the best cook in Jackson, but has just lost another job because of her sass. Slowly the three women find each other and unite against the prejudices that surround them, and set out to do something about it.
In The Help, Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny show how ordinary women can make a difference. Against tremendous adversity these three women change each others’ lives, and their town for the better. Stockett writes with amazing insight and truth about a troubled time in American history, and about social issues that are still relevant today. Her novel is about women—black and white, mothers and daughters—and triumph over hate and fear.
The Help is available at Just Books, 28 Arcadia Road in Old Greenwich.
on Feb 26th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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