The Help

Author Kathryn Stockett
Narrator various
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Run Time 18 hours and 6 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Historical fiction.

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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...

© Kathryn Stockett 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

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
Observer Books of the Year
A wise, poignant novel. You’ll catch yourself cheering out loud
People
Lush, original and poignant. A wondrous novel set in the deep south told through the authentic voices of Aibileen, Minnie and Skeeter, three unforgettable women whose lives and points of view intersect vividly against a landscape of hopeful change in America. You will be swept away as they work, play and love during a time when possibilities for women were few but their dreams of the future were limitless. A glorious read.
Adriana Trigiani

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