The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Title/Author: The Help by Kathryn Stockett Publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group Pages: 530 ISBN: 978-0-425-24513-2 In a nutshell The Help is set in the 1960's and told by Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter's perspective. Aibileen and Minny are maids who worked for white families and regularly exchanged stories about their bosses they served. Eugena "Skeeter" Phelan is the daughter of a white family who owns a cotton farm worked by African Americans. She just finished college and has returned home to find a job, hopefully as a writer. She finally got a job as a columnist at a local paper. This job sparked a bond between Skeeter and Aibileen, who reminded her of Constantine, a maid she loved and lost. She often wondered about Constantine's disappearance as they lost touch too suddenly while Skeeter was in college. When Aibileen shared a story about the death of her son, she inadvertently told Skeeter about an idea he wanted to work on, " he say he gone write dow