The Help by Kathern Stockett

Reviewed by Edna Lewis
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Skeeter the central character recently returned home to Jackson, MS from college. She is not able to land a job so easily and has submitted a story to a New York publisher. The publisher advises Skeeter to write first with her heart and then with her head. Until she can acquire that skill. Skeeter lands a job with the local newspaper as a domestic adviser for household advise on cooking, cleaning and more.

Skeeter decides to inquire how it feels to be a domestic worker (maid) during the time of the civil rights movement. Skeeter simply calls this book, The Help. During the journaling of this book Skeeter interviews various maids for them to tell there stories of joy, woe, pain, sorrow and the raising of white babies.

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