***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
