THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.
From the publisher of The Help:
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating
from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and
her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger.
Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine,
the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one
will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
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, is short, fat, and perhaps 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.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will
nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them
all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines
that define their town and their times. And sometimes 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, 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.
From urbanmoms.ca:
Poignant, moving, page-turning…I can’t find enough phrases to describe this amazingly engaging novel. Set in Mississippi at the outset of the civil rights movement, this book is sure to provoke you – as it’s meant to. After all, the novel’s protagonist, Skeeter, has been advised to “write about what disturbs you” and that she does!
The book’s publication is timely – in more ways than one. It hearkens back to a not-too-distant past when the thought of a black President of the United States was a laughable (and dangerous) fantasy, but it’s also an overwhelmingly optimistic book which is sure to bring a ray of sunshine into these unsettled times.
This book is engaging, important and uplifting, and I expect to see it hit coffee tables around the country as it’s sure to be an insanely popular book club pick.
-reviewed by Kath
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I have read the review and found this book to be quite interesting, thanks for the great giveaway.
I grew up in the 60’s so it interests me.
I have read the review and this novel sounds quite interesting, please count me in on this great giveaway.
I am in the middle of reading “Relentless” by Dean Koontz, and I can’t put it down.
This sounds like it is along the line of our first book club read which was “The Secret Life of Bees”. The ladies really enjoyed it so this should not be a hard sell at all.
“The Help” sounds a little like our first book club read “The secret life of bees”. The ladies loved that so I am sure they would enjoy this one too. Shouldn’t be a hard sell at all 🙂
I know it is not the newest book, but “A Thousand Splendid Suns” was a wonderful read that made me cry and had me on the edge of my bed. Enjoy.
This sounds like a great book to read to my two year old granddaughter. She enjoys looking a pictures and being read to especially at bedtime.
My book club likes to read historical fiction and this sounds like it would fit the bill. As Women and mothers I don’t think it would be a hard sell. Just tell them that it sounds like something we would enjoy reading.
Well I have an idea to pitch this book not only to my book club but also to my community.Another community is doing this so i cannot take credit.The hole community reads the same boo.which in my case would be TH HELP.Then when we are out and about doing our daily biusness you could talk to anyone about the book,thier progress,what chapter and their feeling.This improves literacy and as well as community sprit!
As you walk past the many different women you encounter on your way to work each morning, imagine that you could catch a glimps of their life, hear their words and their most personal turmoils. This is what we as a group will accomplish as we read The Help. We, as a collective, will explore the world inside the lives of 3 women during the 60s when social values and norms were challanged and changed for all. By reading this book we will have a snapshot of what women of the time were experiencing before most of us were even a sparkle in our parents eye. Interconnecting the story of these three women with our own daily trial and decisions, through discusion, will allow us to broaden our perspective and thank the trailblazers who made out lives easier thorugh their actions. I stongly recomend The Help as our next bookclub choice.
I would love “The Help” with my book club as it tells us about the hardships that each woman must go through in her life and how starting a movement can change the world. I remember seeing a movie about paying forward, how a small boy starts a movement in his neighbourhoodby doing 3 good actions and how the other 3 people should do 3 good actions too. This grows and grows until the mother comes to see the teacher asking about what it is all about. It is a fascinating story.
yes, I belong to a book club.
I would recommend this book to all of my friends
My book club is always looking for themes about women in interesting situations, mothers and social commentary. I would recommend this novel to our club then follow it up with a more modern portrayal of life, such as the Obama biography he wrote when he was in his 30’s.