The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a highly entertaining work of fiction but do not look further. The story begins in 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi when the civil rights movement was taking hold. Two African American maids, Minny and Aibileen, along with a white socialite, Skeeter, decide to compile stories about what it is like to be an African American maid to financially comfortable, white families. The maids describe the love/hate relationship that is created when you are given full responsibility for the children of the house, yet unable to use the same bathroom. If you read this novel understanding that it is a statement about how all women, black or white, have the same dreams and fears then you will not be disappointed. However, if you want something with substance and a little more consistency, this may not be for you.
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