The Help

Great book I enjoyed it

I read this book about a year ago and i thoroughly enjoyed it!  I loved how the characters were so clearly defined and how the author puts the reader in the character’s shoes by making us read from the character’s perspective.  The story was somewhat predictable but some of the events were hilarious!

I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.

Set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who’s raised 17 children, and Aibileen’s best friend Minny, who’s found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams.

I loved this book. Did you know that was the very first book written by this author?

I recommend it wholeheartedly.