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The Help
written by Kathryn Stockett
Studio : Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
by Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Publisher : Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Released : 2009-02-10
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780399155345
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 1748 reviews)
List Price : $24.95
Our Price : $9.49
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ISBN13: 9780399155345
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Condition: NEW
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Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Product Description |
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody’s business, but she can’t mind her tongue, so she’s lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t. |
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Couldn't put it down. |
This is a must read. For a not too often reader, I couldn't put this book down.
Very well written. Hope she writes some more books since this is her first one. |
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Great Book! |
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I enjoyed reading this book and fell in love with the characters! The story was great and such an eye opener for me of a time that isn't too far off in our country's history. Thank you, Kathryn Stockett, for such a great book! |
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Couldn't put it down, but disliked the ending |
I bought this not knowing if I would enjoy it, but once I started reading I couldn't put it down! When I reached the end I was a little disappointed--it ends kind-of abruptly. I would have liked to have seen an epilogue or something to let you know what happens to the characters after the story ends. We get a little bit of information, but I wanted more! SPOILER ALERT! What happens with Skeeter's mother? Was Abileen a success at the paper? How did Skeeter like NY? What is Minny's life like after leaving Leroy and did she continue working for Celia? How far did Hilly really sink in her own pitiful life? Did Mae Mobley grow up to be a kind, loving girl or does she follow in Elizabeth's footsteps?
Maybe another book about these characters Ms. Stockett...? |
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One of 2009's Best Novels |
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This really is one of the best novels of 2009! What an extraordinary peak into the hearts and minds of those who experienced the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi. Even though this was a novel, Stockett weaved in enough history to make this story real and believable. I truly cannot imagine what it must have been like to grow up in the South during the Civil Rights movement, but the keen insights from this book offer a glimpse of the trials and triumphs experienced by both sides. I highly recommend this book, and I hope that Stockett keeps writing! The Help is surely destined to become an American classic. |
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Great read |
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I really enjoyed this book. I'm not usually a 5-star-er when it comes to books. I really liked the character development and I felt like it was realistic. |
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