![]() ![]() ![]() Stockett has not only written an unforgettable, at times humorous and all-round brilliant story this is also an informative masterpiece, educating people about life of the help in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s, using some of her personal experiences of growing up in the deep south. ![]() Kathryn Stockett manages to merge fact and fiction perfectly, exploring different emotions ranging from sadness to happiness - sometimes all in the same paragraph. This shunned friendship unbelievable is a huge risk for the help, as if found out they could be fired immediately. When she has the idea of writing a book about the dreadful life that the help lead, the three women team up, and the help reveal the cruel and unbelievable experiences they have faced whilst working for the people who discriminate against them. However, she needs to find something interesting that people will want to read. Miss Skeeter is finally given her big break when she gets the chance to get her work published. The 1 New York Times bestselling novel is told from the perspectives of two Black domestic workers and one white woman. Aibileen and Minny have their own problems at home, as well as those surrounding their work for the white families. The Help, Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 debut novel, explores the 1960s Jim Crow Southnot from a legal or political perspective, but from what occurs in the home between Black maids and the white women they work for. Minny finally manages to find a new job working for Miss Celia Foote, who, luckily for Minny, is too new to the town to know anything about her. Aibileen dedicates all her working time to Miss Elizabeth Leefolt's child, Mae Mobley, whilst trying to heal the scars left by her own son's death. ![]()
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