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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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 lovable, adorable characters August 1, 2010
whj
This is one of those books that I don't want to analyse too much because I fell in love with the characters instantly and care too much about them. The three main characters are wonderfully flawed and human, intelligent, wise, clever, funny, loving, just adorable. The supporting and peripheral characters are equally interesting except for the main antagonist who I wish were a little less one dimensional, which, in my opinion, would have avoided the flavor of Hallmark TV movie. The precarious setting of the 60's in American politics, not limited to civil rights movement, experienced by the South provides complexity to the collective and individual neurosis. I love the cover which captures the essence of the story, and the author's own words that add personal history and heartfelt sincerity to the story.
 a gripping tale August 1, 2010
Nancy D. Walker
The Help is a book that gives perspectives on different folks living in the SAME place and time, with race and economic factors, culture and being stuck in past ways, a prime recipe for a fabulous story...couldn't put it down!
 Conflicted July 31, 2010
Sabrina Penelope
I actually enjoyed reading the first half of the book. The concept is interesting, and I wanted to know what was going to happen.
The ending is terribly unrealistic to me. The author never convinced me that the maids SHOULD put their lives, safety, and livelihoods on the line to help Skeeter write the book. They had nothing to gain, while Skeeter had everything to gain. The fictional book portrayed both good and bad white employers, so it's hard to believe that the book would have been so groundbreaking outside of Jackson, Mississippi. I think I fully gave up on the book when Aibileen was found out based on a superfluous detail included in the book. I can't imagine that in this situation they would not have been more careful after seeing what happened to Louvenia's grandson after making a harmless mistake.
And the buildup about what happened to Constantine was a big letdown. I was expecting Skeeter to find her body under the house based on the buildup. Use of dialect only for the black characters contributes to the patronizing manner of the book. "Skeeter the great White Savior" would have been a more accurate title. I had a huge problem with the fact that Aibileen didn't get credit for writing and editing the book, on top of putting herself in harm's way. And at the end of the day, Aibileen had to sacrifice everything while Skeeter's dreams came true and she walked off into the sunset.
And Celia wasn't believable at all.
It was an interesting read, but I definitely felt uncomfortable with this book.
AMAZING! July 31, 2010
ekh32
What a wonderful book. I couldn't set it down! Not only does it keep your attention and in suspense, but it sends a wonderful message. The characters in the story are so real and you fall in love with them (well most of them).
GET THIS BOOK, you won't be disappointed!
Intense. July 31, 2010
K. Kenyon-Berry (Saratoga Springs, NY)
I bought this book on impulse, and I am so glad I did! It is an awesome story and an eyeopener, especially to those of us who did not live in the era the book was written in. It is hard to imagine that people were treated this way, in the USA, in the 1950-60s. Yay for Miss Skeeter, who against all odds, liberated her friends! I could not put this book down once I started!
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