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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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The Help (original 2009; edition 2009)

by Kathryn Stockett (Author)

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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.
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Title:The Help
Authors:Kathryn Stockett (Author)
Info:Berkley Books (2009), 530 pages
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Author) (2009)

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    DDay: This recommendation might be a little out there, but this book is about a white couple in NYC who hire a young black woman to be their nanny. It's modern look at the issue of race and the role of domestic workers in a family. Sort of a chance to see how things have changed since the 60s and what issues are still present.… (more)
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One of the best books l read this year! ( )
  ShawnEllsworth | May 29, 2024 |
Absolutely riveting; I read it in two days. Stockett has a remarkable gift for storytelling, and does a wonderful job of smoothly transitioning the narrative between the voices of the three main characters. A beautiful tale: heartbreaking but uplifting, poignant but hilarious, incredible (in the true sense of the word) and yet so full of truth. This is the best book I have read in years. Highly recommend! ( )
  kdegour23 | May 29, 2024 |
Adult book. Read by Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin, and Jenna Lamia.
  VillageProject | May 14, 2024 |
Gobbled this book right up. After Sebald & Anne Michaels, it was a breath of fresh air, mostly dialogue, well-drawn if a bit expected characters, the 1960's Jackson, Mississippi, a reminder of small and large acts of bravery during the dawn of the civil rights movement. ( )
  featherbooks | May 7, 2024 |
Haper Lee's classic novel 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' has changed lives. It's direct descendent 'The Help' has the same potential. Aibileen is one of the most attractive characters one encounters in fiction. ( )
  Rasaily | Apr 17, 2024 |
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This is fun stuff, well-written and often applause-worthy. My only problem with The Help is that, in the end, it’s not really about the help.
 
I finished The Help in one sitting and enjoyed it very, very much. It’s wise, literate, and ultimately deeply moving, a careful, heartbreaking novel of race and family that digs a lot deeper than most novels on such subjects do.
 
As black-white race relations go, this could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To Kill a Mockingbird... If you read only one book this summer, let this be it.
 
“Mississippi is like my mother,” [Stockett] writes in an afterword to “The Help.” And you will see, after your wrestling match with this problematic but ultimately winning novel, that when it comes to the love-hate familial bond between Ms. Stockett and her subject matter, she’s telling the truth.
 
Her pitch-perfect depiction of a country's gradual path toward integration will pull readers into a compelling story that doubles as a portrait of a country struggling with racial issues.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Stockett, KathrynAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Abella Villar, ÁlvaroTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Beck, LauraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bronswijk, Ineke vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Campbell, CassandraNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Carlsen, MonicaIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Colombo, AdrianaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Frezza Pavese, PaolaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Girard, PierreTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gram, CathrinIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Lamia, JennaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Spencer, OctaviaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Svendsen, Birgitte VictoriaIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960.
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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.

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Black women raise kids/of white women who make them/use separate toilets (LC Brooks)

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