Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Review Quotes: Praise for The Help
"The two principal maid characters...leap off the page in all their warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel."--The New York Times
"This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since
To Kill a Mockingbird...If you read only one book...let this be it."--NPR.org
"Wise, poignant...You'll catch yourself cheering out loud."--
People "Graceful and real, a compulsively readable story."--
Entertainment Weekly "A beautiful portrait of a fragmenting world."--
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "The must-read choice of every book club in the country."--The Huffington Post
"At turns hilarious and heart-warming."--Associated Press
"In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues involved, Stockett spins a story of a social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide."--
The Washington Post
