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|  | Author: Kathryn Stockett
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  2372 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0399155341
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780399155345
ASIN: 0399155341
Publication Date: February 10, 2009
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Condition: New, unread, unused and in perfect condition.
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 If you want change - create change July 28, 2010
If you want change - create change. That is the basis of this book for me. The Help came highly recommended and I read it in 2.5 days. I found it a stunning tome and was recommending it to others before I had finished it!
From character development to plot this book is well written and well played out. The realness and depth of the characters is astounding from the humble compassion of Aibileen to the well meant sass of Minny.
This is a book that I plan to read over and over again and tell someone new about each time.
Excellent read! July 28, 2010
Torie
I am generally a non-fiction reader, but I took a break from reading non-fiction to read "The Help". A close family member had rated it 5-stars on a book review website that I am a part of, and I had just passed it on a book shelf at the store. I couldn't put it down, even on our busy Mediterranean vacation that we've just returned from. It's an excellent read giving people like me, whom have never been to the South or a witness to segregation, a peek into what life may have been like during the Civil Rights era. Touching story.
 An enlightening read July 28, 2010
Barbara Moore (Rittman, Ohio, USA)
Our reading group (all retired public school teachers) chose this as our monthly read. We had just completed "Loving Frank" and found this a match for discussion of the position of women at different times in the 20th century. While race also become an issue in "The Help", the lack of rights and very limited voice of women in both were extremely interesting to us all. Some even remembered women in the same position as in "The Help" in the 60's in our own experience...and we were all raised in the Mid-West. Very good read although a bit slow at the beginning. Well worth the time and great for discussion.
Riveting Book July 28, 2010
Hayden's Mommy (So. Cal.)
This book was terrific, it was written from a different perspective and addressed part of American culture that is foreign to me. It was definatley a page turner, I could not put it down and I am not easily impressed or entertained.
Tugs at your heartstrings July 28, 2010
mellowyellow
"The Help" is certainly a book that tugs at the readers heart strings. The reader's attention is captured within a few pages of starting this book. It gives insight into how "separate but equal" was justified by the Caucasian population in Mississippi, while also poignantly describing the politics of female interactions within both the black and white social circles. Your emotions will run the gamut by the end of this book. The author writes in prose, which makes the story more personal and relatable. Highly recommended!
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