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The Help

Written by: Kathryn Stockett
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin
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The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award–winning film.

Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Boss American History Social movement Civil Rights Social justice Classics Africa Mississippi
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Praise for The Help

“The two principal maid characters...leap off the page in all their warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel.”—The New York Times

“This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To Kill a Mockingbird…If you read only one book...let this be it.”—NPR.org

“Wise, poignant...You’ll catch yourself cheering out loud.”—People

“Graceful and real, a compulsively readable story.”—Entertainment Weekly

“A beautiful portrait of a fragmenting world.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“The must-read choice of every book club in the country.”—The Huffington Post

“At turns hilarious and heart-warming.”—Associated Press

“In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues involved, Stockett spins a story of a social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide.”—The Washington Post
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So many feelings being struck up by this book. The voice acting is phenomenal and really helped me stay in the story.
It is a relatively sober look at race relations between white people and their domestic help in the south. But there are lots of endearing moments and moments of levity so it’s a reasonably light book.

Amazing acting and a heartfelt story

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Fantastic story! The book is better than the movie. Narration is great with different voices for different characters. Wonderful!

Great story!

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A must "read". I was drawn into the story right away. It was hard to stop listening, the story was over too soon!

Fantastic!

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A story well told and narrated with aplomb. Great characters and engrossing subject! worth your time.

thoroughly enjoyed

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Amazing book !!!!! I loved the stories of each maid. And the chocolate pie story was amazing lol

Good writing

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