The Help Av Kathryn Stockett

<p><b>***The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film***</b><br><br><b>Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren''t trusted not to steal the silver . . .<br></b><br>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.<br><br>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...<br><br><b>''The other side of <i>Gone with the Wind</i> - and just as unputdownable'' <i>The Sunday Times</i><br></b><br><b>''A big, warm girlfriend of a book'' <i>The Times</i><br></b><br><b>''Harper Lee''s classic novel <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> has changed lives. Its direct descendent <i>The Help</i> has the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment'' <i>Daily Express</i><br></b></p>