| The Help |  | Author: Kathryn Stockett
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0399155341
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780399155345
ASIN: 0399155341
Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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Product Description
Southern whites' guilt for not expressing gratitude to the black maids who raised them threatens to become a familiar refrain. But don't tell Kathryn Stockett because her first novel is a nuanced variation on the theme that strikes every note with authenticity. In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues involved, she spins a story of social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide.
The murders of Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. are seen through African American eyes, but go largely unobserved by the white community. Meanwhile, a room "full of cake-eating, Tab-drinking, cigarette-smoking women" pretentiously plan a fundraiser for the "Poor Starving Children of Africa." In general, Stockett doesn't sledgehammer her ironies, though she skirts caricature with a "white trash" woman who has married into an old Jackson family. Yet even this character is portrayed with the compassion and humor that keep the novel levitating above its serious theme.
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 Fabulous Book July 31, 2010
Tamara L. Torbleau (MC FARLAND, WI, US)
I was thrown in to the story as soon as I started reading and couldn't put this book down. I finished it in 24 hours and then was sad that it was done. If you're interested in other stories involving the treatment of African Americans after they were considered "free", I suggest you read "I, Alex Cross".I, Alex Cross
Down to earth and heart-warming July 30, 2010
E. Chan (Brooklyn, NY)
Amazing book -- great read! I had to slow myself down because I dreaded coming to the end and not having any more to read. It's written in a down-to-earth, raw manner without being over the top and insulting. Aside from the main storyline, it speaks to being a woman [of many kinds] and being a mother. There were many moments where I felt compelled to pause and just reflect. Beautifully written, very entertaining.
 A Great Read July 29, 2010
swink (luv2read)
After several friends encouraged me to read this book, I did. I loved it! It was so eye-opening for me. How crazy it is that when my mom was a little kid she could not go to school with black children.
The Help July 29, 2010
R. J. Millis (Des Moines, IA)
This book arrived less than a week from the day ordered. It is very engrossing, can hardly put it down, as it reviews attitudes towards black and white people in the early 1960's. (After all the Civil Rights activities is is hard to remember the old days.) Stockett makes her characters, black and white, believable and honest in their daily lives and their reactions to events going on around them, i.e. murder and maiming of black men, all the rules the Negro must abide by, fear of being seen with a member of the other race, the degrading circumstances the blacks had to live in. I'm not quite finished with it, but hope that improvements will be made for the black people in the story. Probably there won't be many improvements for the black people until some of the white women are knocked up side of the head.
READ IT!!! July 29, 2010
lillian grant (CA)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a definite must read! It is a warm and poignant novel. One that has the potential to be a timeless piece and passed on and on...and on.
Three women, Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny, join forces to embark on a seemingly impossible mission. They come from very different backgrounds but defy the rules of 1960s Mississippi regarding race relations and come together on a project that could put their lives in danger. Racial tensions begin to fly high as these women race to accomplish one common goal...to be heard.
Kathryn Stockett succeeded in writing a captivating novel. I really enjoyed reading it, and found it hard to put down. I was introduced to it by my mother, who was visiting me after I gave birth to my son. She was staying with us, and the book never seemed to leave her hands. And periodically I'd hear laughter or a shocked gasp come from her as she read it, so it peaked my interest. I never expected to have time to read since I had a newborn to tend to, but let me tell you, this book is so good I found myself creating time to read it. I'd balance baby in one hand and book in the other, or if I had to hold him and calm him down or pump, I'd crack the spine so the pages stayed flat and leave it open on the bed. It was that good!
It was such a page turner, it kept me wondering what happened next, or why something happened.The characters were so realistic I felt I was right there with them understanding their emotions. I felt I knew exactly who they were, not just a name, but who they were as people and understanding the personality of each one as if I knew them personally.
There were plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, and equally as many OMG (oh my goodness) moments. Every chapter created a picture or scene that moved you to feel fear or sadness, even excitement. I definitely finished the book with a new found respect for the natives of 1960s Mississippi. I even felt thankful for never having to experience such negativity, but also wondered if I have, or ever had, that type of strength.
A really good book, which is exactly what The Help is, makes you do a self-examination. And The Help does just that. It forces (or moves) you to look at yourself and discover the real person you are within. I can tell you it inspires me to be better and even have faith that in a world of negative thought, there is still some good in people.
The Help is all encompassing, and we should definitely embrace it. So this gets a definite READ IT from me.
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