A review by tessypie
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4.0
Kathryn Stockett's The Help was a wonderful quick read about Mississippi life (and Southern life in general) in 1962. At the crux of the story sit three women - two black, one white - who come together to blur the racial lines that defined their every action.
The South is a complicated place and this novel points out all the intricacies that make it so. It is clear Stockett has experienced the life she writes for her characters, and I am grateful she has put this out there for all to read. Hopefully other Southerners, like me, will pick it up and see themselves somewhere within the pages.
The South is a complicated place and this novel points out all the intricacies that make it so. It is clear Stockett has experienced the life she writes for her characters, and I am grateful she has put this out there for all to read. Hopefully other Southerners, like me, will pick it up and see themselves somewhere within the pages.