The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a husband, she’s considered a failure.
Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...
Wowsers, I am on a roll with reading fabulous books lately! This is definitely one of the best books I have read this year, and would not be surprised at all if they make it into a movie very soon! The characters are wonderfully developed, the setting perfectly described, I especially enjoyed the story being told from three different perspectives, though I often hated to come to the end of each chapter! This is just such a beautiful, thought provoking powerful and interesting novel, you won't be able to put it down. A must add to your "to Read" list!
