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The Help

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Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver...

There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.

Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...

© Kathryn Stockett 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable
The Sunday Times
A big, warm girlfriend of a book
The Times
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. It's direct descendent The Help has the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment
Daily Express
Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant
Daily Telegraph
Immensely readable
Observer
Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic
Marian Keyes
A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read
Marie Claire
Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended
Daily Mail
Utterly brilliant
She
Remarkable, shocking, brave, brilliant
Easy Living
Author Kathryn Stockett
Narrator Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell
Duration 18 hours and 6 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780241995099
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Family life fiction, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues
Availability AU, GB, IE

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