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  • The Help5

    Paris Le Lean This was a brilliant first novel,with well-drawn rounded characters.All thewomen were victims in some way but the author allowed you to reach your own conclusions.Sadly such racism still exists.I am sorr I have retired from teaching as I would like to have taught this novel in conjunction with "To Kill A Mockingbird" The characters of both novels remain with one for a long time.See the film it too is excellent by Paris Le Lean

  • A brilliant book5

    Louise Marsh My idea to start my book blog came to life while reading The Help. I loved it so much I wanted to share it with others and so The Reading Experiment was born.

    The Help tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two black women and one white woman - Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter - living in 1960s southern America.

    It explores the treatment of black maids working for white families at a time when the African American civil rights movement was gathering pace in other parts of America but had not yet reached Jackson, Mississippi.

    It's a brave undertaking for a white author who was raised in a household similar to those she writes about.

    Kathryn Stockett puts herself in the shoes of the three central characters who take turns in narrating the story.

    She creates vivid characters who come to life on the page. It's easy to love Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter, each with their own voice so distinct that we scarcely have to be told as the story moves between them. So too Celia Foote, the Marilyn Monroe-esque newcomer to town who faces her own form of discrimination.

    Then there's the evil Miss Hilly and her ability to strike fear into the hearts of the women of Jackson - both black and white.

    Stockett has written her book with care, sensitivity and empathy, rounding it off with a sprinkling of humour. Just what is the "terrible awful" that Minny is so worried about?

    You can read more of my book recommendations at www.thereadingexperiment.com by Louise Marsh

  • A Five Star Read5

    Wendy SEKULOFF A fantastic read, one of those books that will stay with me long after. Told from three characters points of view (two black maids and one young white woman), and set in the 70's in Mississippi, this is a confronting and clever novel that is definitely food for thought. Glad I have recently read To Kill A Mockingbird, too, because of the similarities, and references throughout The Help. For a first novel, Kathryn Stockett gets five stars from me. I would also recommend reading the Appendix to know of what motivated Stockett to write The Help. by Wendy SEKULOFF

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