The Help

By Kathryn Stockett

***The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film***Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren&#39;t trusted not to steal the silver . . .There&#39;s Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son&#39;s tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they&#39;d be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...&#39;The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable&#39; The Sunday Times&#39;A big, warm girlfriend of a book&#39; The Times&#39;Harper Lee&#39;s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. Its direct descendent The Helphas the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment&#39; Daily Express

By Kathryn Stockett

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