The Help by Kathryn Stockett Paperback Book

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Author: Kathryn Stockett

Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group

Published: Apr 2011

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $19.00

Ages: 17 - 17

Pages: 544

Synopsis

The wildly popular New York Times bestseller and reading group favorite.

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...

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