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Title: The Help

Other Available Formats:
Compact Disc, 2009
Hardcover, 2009
Paperback, 2010
Paperback, 2010

Synopsis
At the outset of the civil rights movement in Jackson, Mississippi, three unique women unite to share the stories of dozens of the city's black servants, who have been kept voiceless for too long. Skeeter is fresh home from college, with big dreams of becoming a journalist, though her mother just wants her to find a husband. Aibileen, a black maid, is the heart and soul of her household, now working on raising her seventeenth white child. Her best friend Minnie, is the best cook in the city, but can not find a job because of her tendency to speak the cold truth. Together, these three unforgettable ladies launch a crusade to collect the stories of the town's silent servants, and try to tear down the unspoken racial barriers that traverse the homes and hearts of everyone in Jackson. In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        451 Pages
Weight:        1.5 Pounds
Height:         9.5 Inches
Width:          6.5 Inches
Thickness:    1.5 Inches



Publisher Notes
Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project against a backdrop of the budding civil rights era. 100,000 first printing.



Industry Reviews
"[THE HELP] is graceful and real, a compulsively readable story of three women who watch the Mississippi ground shifting beneath their feet as the words of men like Martin Luther King Jr. and Bob Dylan pervade their genteel town."
(02/20/2009)
"Kathryn Stockett['s]...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."
(04/01/2009)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Help and it was written by Kathryn Stockett. This edition of The Help is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is February 2009 and it has a suggested retail price of $24.95. There are 451 pages in the book and it was published by Putnam Pub Group. The 10 digit ISBN is 0399155341 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780399155345. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.