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The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable (The Sunday Times )
A big, warm girlfriend of a book (The Times )
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. It's direct descendent The Help has the same potential...an astonishing feat of accomplishment (Daily Express )
Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant (Daily Telegraph )
Immensely readable (Observer )
Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic (Marian Keyes )
A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read (Marie Claire )
Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended (Daily Mail )
Utterly brilliant (She )
Remarkable, shocking, brave, brilliant (Easy Living )
Wonderfully engaging dialogue (Good Housekeeping )
A compelling, great first novel, with soaring highs, poignant side stories and laugh-out-loud anecdotes. You'll be sorry to finish it (Psychologies )
A winning story of courage and truth (Woman & Home )
A brisk, involving read (Metro )
An exciting and atmospheric story (Rachel Cooke Observer Books of the Year )
A wise, poignant novel. You'll catch yourself cheering out loud (People )
A big, warm girlfriend of a book (The Times )
Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. It's direct descendent The Help has the same potential...an astonishing feat of accomplishment (Daily Express )
Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant (Daily Telegraph )
Immensely readable (Observer )
Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic (Marian Keyes )
A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read (Marie Claire )
Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended (Daily Mail )
Utterly brilliant (She )
Remarkable, shocking, brave, brilliant (Easy Living )
Wonderfully engaging dialogue (Good Housekeeping )
A compelling, great first novel, with soaring highs, poignant side stories and laugh-out-loud anecdotes. You'll be sorry to finish it (Psychologies )
A winning story of courage and truth (Woman & Home )
A brisk, involving read (Metro )
An exciting and atmospheric story (Rachel Cooke Observer Books of the Year )
A wise, poignant novel. You'll catch yourself cheering out loud (People )
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Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver...
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.
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...
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766 of 783 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Help (Hardcover)
When a book makes you occasionally laugh out loud, has your eyes brimming with tears or has you shouting at the pages through empathy and anger, you know the author has a very rare talent. 'The Help' is one such book. I have not enjoyed a tome so immensely since Michel Faber's 'The Crimson Petal and the White'.The story is told through three wonderfully real female characters; Minny, Aibileen and Miss Skeeter. The location is Jackson, Mississippi and it's the early 1960s - a turbulent time as the civil rights movement thunders along to the chagrin of many bigoted fools. One visionary in the small town defies her heritage and vows to make a difference and with the aid of the local maids, begins a project which will create havoc for those with lofty positions and appalling attitudes. Within the pages of the book, we are privy to scenes of amazing warmth, great humour and delightful characters with whom you'd love to spend time. Kathryn Stockett has also created one of the most venomous villains since Cruella de Vil and at times I found myself cursing this woman as if I knew her personally. Vital, engrossing and utterly compelling, 'The Help' is a book I'd urge anyone to read.
268 of 276 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic of the future,
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This review is from: The Help (Paperback)
I finished this book this afternoon after trying to drag out the ending as long as possible. I did not want to leave these characters behind; I wanted to continue on their journey with them, make sure they were OK ¨C I miss them already.I have been hearing about this book and have read lots of positive reviews for the longest time but sometimes I get put off by books that have so much hype around them and end up passing them by. Oh how glad I am that I didn¡¯t do this with The Help. It is worth every glowing review, every recommendation and every superlative ever written about it. The book is set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962 and is narrated by three women in turn. Aibileen and Minny are black maids and Miss Skeeter is a white college graduate who mourns the disappearance of her old maid and wants to do something more with her life than marry a local boy and have her kids raised by maids. The story takes us with these women as the embark on a dangerous journey to try and change decades of prejudice and pave the way for a better life for the next generations. Through the words of each of these women we learn how rife racism and intolerance was back in the 1960¡äs deep south. There are tales of unbelievable cruelty and humiliation but also tales of tenderness and real love. It was so good to hear a story told primarily from the point of view of the black maids too and refreshing to hear both sides in all its rawness; the distrust and even hatred on both sides. The book also successfully managed to avoid being sensational or over-egging the pudding. Despite the subject matter (which is so important) the book never feels too heavy or preachy: it is as light as one of Minny¡¯s famous caramel cakes and aswell as riotously funny and tender. I implore you to read this book ¨C you will fall in love with Aibileen, roar with laughter at Minny and rootfor Miss Skeeter for 450 pages. And I guarantee that Miss Hilly is one of the best bitches you will come across in any book! She is truly awful but so brilliantly drawn and you will root for her to get her just desserts (pun intended). I feel like I have lost friends now I have finished this book. It is a true gem and I highly, highly recommend.
165 of 177 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
absolutely brilliant!,
By zimheidi "zimheidi" (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Help (Paperback)
It is not often I leave reviews, however this book deserves all the praise in the world and more! I have just finished reading this book and I have that empty and sense of loss feeling that comes with finishing a really good book. It is absolutely brilliant, I just couldnt put it down. The author has an amazing ability to transport you into each characters world and envision the stage of the characters. I came to love each character in the book and almost felt like they became my good friends by the last page. The book had me absolutely gripped and had me experience a range of emotions, one minute I was laughing out loud, the next almost in tears. It is very rare that a book be so successful at transporting me so effectively and willingly into the characters world. I really truly enjoyed this wonderful book.
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