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The story is set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early sixties, and narrated by three women: Aibileen is an older housemaid who has raised seventeen white children, Minny is a younger domestic with a hot temper, and Skeeter is a wealthy, white, college graduate who has just returned home to her critical mother.

The story starts off as a look at bored, rich women with nothing better to do than gossip about each other while being insensitive if not downright cruel to “the help.” Then, Skeeter decides to write a book about what black maids really think of their white employers and the grits really hit the fan.

The book started off slowly but by the middle there was so much drama and excitement that I couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough. Jim Crow and the KKK were in full force and the maids risked their lives to contribute to the book. The three women’s stories were authentic and riveting and the setting was so real I could feel the stultifying humidity, hear the buzzing of the mosquitoes, and smell Minny’s caramel cake. An insightful and very well-written look at segregation in the South. Highly recommended.
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