For my final pick of a last minute summer read before the kids start the new school year is The Help by Kathryn Stockett. The year is 1962 in Mississippi when it was common to have black maids. A time where segregation between blacks and whites is rampant throughout the south and a black person's life could be at risk just going out on the street. First there's Skeeter, a young white girl who is trying to find her place in the world and what to do with her life. Then you have Abileen a black maid who is now raising her seventeenth white child and Minny also a black maid who is fiesty and a force to be reckoned with. These three women together can create something great, but will they risk their lives doing it?
I loved this book and really enjoyed the outcome. This one was hard to put down, quite a page turner!
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