The help
In 1962 Jackson, Mississippi there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam's Sons,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | In 1962 Jackson, Mississippi there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another. |
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| Physical Description: | 451 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780399155345 0399155341 9780425232200 (pbk) 9780425245132 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Kathryn Stockett was born in 1969 in Mississippi. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and Creative Writing. She soon got a job in magazine marketing and publishing in New York City. She became famous in 2009 with her debut novel, The Help. Her book tells the story of African-American Maids working in white households in Jackson Mississippi during the 1960's. It sold over ten million copies and spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |
