The Help Authors: Kathryn Stockett Number of Pages: 544 Publisher: Berkley Trade Published: 2011-04-05 Language: English ISBN-10: 0425232204 ISBN-13: 9780425232200 Sale Rank: 556 List Price: $16.00 Lowest New Price: $6.00 Lowest Used Price: $0.01 Lowest Collectible Price: $7.00
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...