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Book SynopsisLimited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project against a backdrop of the budding civil rights era. Reprint. A #1 best-selling novel. 2 million first printing.
Trade ReviewPraise 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
