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This is great to read. I find it a little funny and it gives more lesson specially to the youngers today.
The Help
A Novel
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Buch (Taschenbuch, Englisch)
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Beschreibung
Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Black maids raise white children, but aren’t trusted not to steal the silver. Some lines will never be crossed. Aibileen is a black maid: smart, regal, and raising her seventeenth white child. Yet something shifted inside Aibileen the day her own son died while his bosses looked the other way. Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is by some way the sassiest woman in Mississippi. But even her extraordinary cooking won’t protect Minny from the consequences of her tongue. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter returns home with a degree and a head full of hope, but her mother will not be happy until there’s a ring on her finger. Seeking solace with Constantine, the beloved maid who raised her, Skeeter finds she has gone. But why will no one tell her where? Seemingly as different as can be, Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny’s lives converge over a clandestine project that will not only put them all at risk but also change the town of Jackson for ever. But why? And for what? The Help is a deeply moving, timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we won’t. Itis about how women, whether mothers or daughters, the help or the boss, relate to each other – and that terrible feeling that those who look after your children may understand them, even love them, better than you . . .
Praise for The Help
"The two principal maid characters...leap off the page in all their warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel."-The New York Times
"This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To Kill a Mockingbird...If you read only one book...let this be it."-NPR.org
"Wise, poignant...You'll catch yourself cheering out loud."-People
"Graceful and real, a compulsively readable story."-Entertainment Weekly
"A beautiful portrait of a fragmenting world."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The must-read choice of every book club in the country."-The Huffington Post
"At turns hilarious and heart-warming."-Associated Press
"In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues involved, Stockett spins a story of a social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide."-The Washington Post
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for sixteen years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter.
Produktdetails
| Einband | Taschenbuch |
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| Seitenzahl | 480 |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.06.2010 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| ISBN | 978-0-425-23398-6 |
| Verlag | Penguin LCC US |
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| Maße (L/B/H) | 17.2/10.8/3.5 cm |
| Gewicht | 226 g |
| Verkaufsrang | 209 |