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• ISBN13: 9780399155345
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Kathryn Stockett | | Hardcover:
| 464 pages | | Publisher:
| Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam | | Publication Date:
| February 10, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0399155341 | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1770 reviews |
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 Incredible!Mar 13, 2010
This is the most incredible novel! I couldn't put it down. This is the author's first novel - such a talented writer and such an inspiring piece of fiction.
Why didn't anyone write about this before?Mar 13, 2010
This was an eye opener...not just because it was something most of us never even thought about, but because it finally gave a three dimensional, real person profile of the disgusting racism in this country during and before the period I was growing up. It doesn't get any better than this.
Great read - don't pass this one upMar 12, 2010
I devoured this book. I had read the short teaser and saw how many people had given it 5 stars, and I knew that I had to read this book. I asked for the book for Christmas from my husband, and drooled until the day I opened it. It was a hard book to put down. The author really knows how to evoke reader emotion. Don't let this one get by you - it's a great read for anyone.
Book Club WinnerMar 12, 2010
I was invited to join a book club in my community and the assigned book was "The Help." I was able to order a hard cover from Amazon for only $9.50 and since I ordered more books, the shipping was free! I need to be hooked on the first few pages or I cannot finish a book. "The Help" hooked me and kept my interest until the end. The author's dialogue between the characters was so authentic. I enjoyed getting to know each character, even Hilly. I do believe this is a woman's book and I would recommend it for a good read and for the insight it may provide on the way black women were treated as domestics back in the 50's and 60's.
Where Were You in '62?Mar 12, 2010
The Help brought back to mind the time my mother and I went shopping at Fort Worth's Monnig's Department Store in the early '60s. I vividly remember drinking from the Colored water fountain and being disappointed that the water was the same old color as always. Mother explained what the sign really meant, and thus I was introduced to The Way Things Are.
Skeeter Phelen accepts her privileged status as just the way things are. Growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, she has no idea that her family's Negro maid might feel anything but gratitude for her employers. Even a degree from Ole Miss fails to educate her to the plight of Blacks in America. But returning home opens her eyes to the arrogance of her peers and the longsuffering of a group of black women she has always taken for granted. Two maids, Aibileen and Minny, courageously agree to tell their stories to Skeeter for inclusion in a written exposé that Skeeter hopes to submit to a New York publisher. Their collaboration breaks down the barriers between the classes, and convinces them all that they have more in common than they thought.
Kathryn Stockett writes her story in three distinct voices--Skeeter's, Aibileen's and Minny's. Her expert depiction of Southern dialect adds flare to an already gripping story. I even read parts aloud in order to savor the flavor of the South.
This book is an excellent read, one I will come back to again and again.
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