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The Help is on lots of 2009 must-read lists and it appeared over and over on lists bloggers provided for me of books to read this summer.
I couldn’t help myself…I had to go ahead and get it and read it.
The help is the stories of maids and housewives in the 1960’s in the South told in alternating chapters. It was an uncomfortable read, at times, as I could have been a little girl listening in on the conversations of the maids or the housewives during this time. Though we only had a maid for one d ...more
I couldn’t help myself…I had to go ahead and get it and read it.
The help is the stories of maids and housewives in the 1960’s in the South told in alternating chapters. It was an uncomfortable read, at times, as I could have been a little girl listening in on the conversations of the maids or the housewives during this time. Though we only had a maid for one d ...more
A wonderfully engaging book with well developed characters. This author does a fantastic job portraying the complex relationships between people and evokes true emotion from the reader.
I wasn't too convinced from the beginning, but after a few chapters I was hooked. Loved the characters, the shifting point-of-view, and the powerful stories of domestic help in Mississippi during the Civil Right's era. I'm looking forward to seeing how the movie turns out, although judging from the all too skinny and beautiful cast, I suspect that it'll be a glossy Hallmark-type movie focusing more on "unlikely friendships" than the social and political themes.
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Great, rich characters. Engrossing, fast read ... more like an Oprah book pick than anything else.
Dec 19, 2010
Carla
marked it as to-read
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Tina
marked it as to-read
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Lex
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