The Help - Softcover

STOCKETT K

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425233987 ISBN 13: 9780425233986

Publisher: Penguin Group, 2010

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Paperback. Pub Date :2010-5-1 Pages: 464 Publisher: Penguin Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women: Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss She may have a degree. but it. is 1962. Mississippi. and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine. the woman who raised her. but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.Aibileen is a black maid. a wise. regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son. who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after. though she knows both their hearts may be broken.Minny. Aibileens best friend. is short. fat. and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can co...

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Review:

The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable (The Sunday Times)

A big, warm girlfriend of a book (The Times)

Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. It's direct descendent The Help has the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment (Daily Express)

Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant (Daily Telegraph)

Immensely readable (Observer)

Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic (Marian Keyes)

A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read (Marie Claire)

Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended (Daily Mail)

Utterly brilliant (She)

Remarkable, shocking, brave, brilliant (Easy Living)

Wonderfully engaging dialogue (Good Housekeeping)

A compelling, great first novel, with soaring highs, poignant side stories and laugh-out-loud anecdotes. You'll be sorry to finish it (Psychologies)

A winning story of courage and truth (Woman & Home)

A brisk, involving read (Metro)

An exciting and atmospheric story (Rachel Cooke Observer Books of the Year)

A wise, poignant novel. You'll catch yourself cheering out loud (People)

About the Author:

Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter. This is her first novel.

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