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Book Review of The Help

The Help
The Help
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


This is an excellent fictional work from a first time author about relationships between races in the south in the 1960's. It follows the lives of three young woman after college and some of the maids that have helped their families. Eventually one of the young woman questions her upbringing and begins to write a book about "The help". That books changes everyone's lives in this community in Jackson, MS.