Crosspost: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Written October 23, 2015; published at Feminist Quill Title: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Year of Publication: 2009 Series: N/A Goodreads Rating (Avg.): 4.44 Goodreads Rating (Mine): 3 SPOILER WARNING Plot Description: A young white woman who returns from college to Jackson, Mississippi to find that the black maid who raised her from her childhood onwards is gone. Abileen is a black maid who is currently raising her seventeenth white child. Minny, Abileen’s best friend, also works as a maid, and is one of the best cooks in the area, but her sharp tongue means she loses her job easily. Set in the Segregation-era United States, The Help tells the story of how Skeeter, the white girl, helps the black maids working in and living around her home tell their stories of working for white families. This is a hard book for me to review, and I might not have attempted it if it weren’t for (a) my obsession with reviewing every ...