Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Help

I've finished Kathryn Stockett's The Help and I'm sorry that it is so, because I want to know what happens next. That is the best sort of book, one that introduces characters that are so real that it seems wrong for the final page to be the end of the story. This first novel is set in Jackson, Mississippi in the 60s, about women of color and women who are raised by them and who, as adults, employ them.

3 comments:

Irene said...

I heard about that book. There was some controversy about it, wasn't there? How was that resolved?

Breakfast in California said...

I don't recall any controversy, but I think you would enjoy the book. It's been made into a film, which I've seen and liked.

Oh, Victoria said she read a review that complained that men had only 12 minutes of screen time, LOL. What was expected in a film about women?

Irene said...

I'll try to read the book. I know it got good reviews. I'll see if it is out in paperback. It will fit through my mail slot easier. XOX