The Help/Kathryn Stockett/451p.

This is a fabulous audio book choice. The varied voices and dialects of Jackson, Mississippi, filled the air while I listened to the stories of women and children living in a society with carefully prescribed roles for white middle class wives and their black housekeepers. Set in the early 1960s, The Help has been a popular choice of reading groups for several years. The skilled use of language engaged me from the first, bringing characters alive, and reminding me of how some things have changed in the past 50 years. After a long wait on reserve lists, I broke down and downloaded this title. It made me look forward to getting back into my car.