the help

Ms. Skeeter isn't 'the help'. She's a frustrated white woman, who narrates her story of 1960's Mississippi, and she's writing a book. Hopefully this book will blow the lid off some pretty ugly practices happening in just about every woman's home in town. Also narrated through 2 hardworking black women, who are considered help, this book gave me a glimpse, albeit a fictitious glimpse, of what embarrassing things were happening in our country when my parents were kids! so weird.

anyway, I loved it. Just like I love most of my books that transport me. There was suspense, and heartbreak, and such horrible treatment that I was feeling guilty the whole way through. Don't ignore it just because it's a bestseller. It'll getcha.