The Help

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'"The must-read choice of every book club in the cou itry What is the big attraction? The Help is about something. That is, something real. Something that matters."—The Huffington Post
Dk ree ordinary women are aLout lo tde one extraordinary step
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ibilccn is a bhick maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, raising her seventeenth white child. She's always taken orders quietly, but lately it leaves her with a bitterness she can no longer bite hack. Her friend Minny has certainly never held her tongue, or held on to a job for very long, but now she's working for a newcomer with secrets that leave her speechless. And white socialite Skeeter has just returned from college with ambition and a degree but, to her mother's lament, no husband. Normally Skeeter would find solace in Constantine, the beloved maid who raised her, but Constantine has inexplicably disappeared.
Together, these seemingly different women join to work on a project that could forever alter their destinies and the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'"The must-read choice of every book club in the cou itry What is the big attraction? The Help is about something. That is, something real. Something that matters."—The Huffington Post
Dk ree ordinary women are aLout lo tde one extraordinary step
J.
ibilccn is a bhick maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, raising her seventeenth white child. She's always taken orders quietly, but lately it leaves her with a bitterness she can no longer bite hack. Her friend Minny has certainly never held her tongue, or held on to a job for very long, but now she's working for a newcomer with secrets that leave her speechless. And white socialite Skeeter has just returned from college with ambition and a degree but, to her mother's lament, no husband. Normally Skeeter would find solace in Constantine, the beloved maid who raised her, but Constantine has inexplicably disappeared.
Together, these seemingly different women join to work on a project that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town—to write, in secret, a tell-all book about what it's really like to work as a black maid in the white homes of the South. Despite the terrible risks they will have to take, and the sometimes humorous boundaries they will have to cross, these three women unite with one intention: hope for a better day.
"Wise, poignant .You'll catch yourself cheering out loud."
—People
"This heartbreaking story is a stunning debut from a gifted talent."
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Includes an essay by Kathryn Stockett and a Reading Group Guide

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