The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

Summary

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.

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, Aibileen's best friend, may be the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.

White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure.

These three seemingly different women join together in a way that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town. Why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And some lines are made to be crossed.

In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, and friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.

Praise

"This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To Kill a Mocking bird ... If you read only one book ... let this be it." — NPR.org.

"The must-read choice of every book club in the country ... The Help is about something. That is, something real. Something that matters." — The Huffington Post

"Wise, poignant ... 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 with a degree in English and creative writing, 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. The Help, her first novel, is a wildly popular New York Times bestseller and reading group favorite.

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