Imprint: Penguin
Published: 13/05/2010
ISBN: 9780141039282
Length: 464 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm
Weight: 319g
RRP: £8.99
***The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film***
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...
'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. Its direct descendent The Help has the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment' Daily Express
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 13/05/2010
ISBN: 9780141039282
Length: 464 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 129mm
Weight: 319g
RRP: £8.99
The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable
A big, warm girlfriend of a book
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
Outstanding, immensely funny, very compelling, brilliant
Immensely readable
Daring, vitally important and very courageous, I loved and admired The Help. Fantastic
A laugh-out-loud, vociferously angry must-read
Touching, disgraceful, funny. Highly recommended
Utterly brilliant
Remarkable, shocking, brave, brilliant