The Help
Product Details | Similar Products | Customer Reviews | Author: Kathryn Stockett List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $13.72 You Save: $11.23 (45%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours  |
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 | Product Details: Hardcover 464 pages Release Date: 10 February 2009 Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam ISBN: 0399155341 Rating:   Sales Rank: 13 | | Look for similar books by subject: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: GREAT BOOK (02 September 2010)This is a great book, written from the point of view of three different people. it is not confusing when the author goes back and forth between the characters. The flow is smooth and easy to follow. I thought it was a great book and I highly recommend it. A Masterpiece (02 September 2010)I absolutely loved this book. 'The Help' follows the lives of three women living in a racially segregated Mississippi, two black maids and one white aspiring-author. The tales weave together beautifully creating an astonishing masterpiece that tells of hope and despair. It was impossible to put down. The characters are well developed and captivating in their depth and complexity. Through her characters Stockett masterfully depicted the bonds, stronger than friendship and that can conquer hate, that are forged between people when a cause is righteous and just. I recommend this book to everyone and anyone who can read. :) Civil Rights movement from an intimate perspective (02 September 2010)The topic of Civil Rights in the U.S. is vast, complex, and ongoing. To write a fictionalized story of the impact of this movement is no small matter. Certainly an author can write about any one of numerous aspects of this movement, but Kathryn Stockett has taken a fascinating approach. In the characters in this small town, both white and black, Stockett has recreated the world that was during the Jim Crow laws and given us real insight into how real people interacted and regarded each other. It would seem that in this insular society that change would not come as quickly as it did, but the author demonstrated how little changes, little nuances, have added up to produce a major shift in society. To me this novel was not as much about the specifics of the individual characters as it was about this perceptible shift in the relations between blacks and whites. The book was well written, the characters well drawn, and I feel she accomplished her purpose. RecommendedThe Help The Help (02 September 2010)This is the best book I have read in years. Could not put it down. It was funny, unpredictable, sad and compelling all in one. Made you really feel like you were living in '60's Mississippi. makes you really see how far we have come. I hope the author has many more books to come. Non-stop clichés. But that's the fun of it. (01 September 2010)Pitch perfect if you are looking for mindless entertainment, and nothing more taxing than turning pages. | |
