"The Help" is the phenomenal international bestseller (that inspired the Oscar nominated film) by Kathryn Stockett. 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 sevent[...]

Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with he[...]

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[...]

The story is set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Missisippi, where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by [...]

Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally fin[...]

In this clear and detailed reading guide, we've done all the hard work for you!The Help by Kathryn Stockett is set in the United States of the 1960s and tells the story of a white woman who decides to collect the testimonies of black maids to illustrate segregation, and of the two maids who risk the[...]

Barnepiken beskriver forholdet mellom sorte hushjelper og dere hvite fruer i Sørstatene på første halvdel av 60-tallet. Vi befinner oss i den lille byen Jackson i Mississippi, og møter tre svært forskjellige kvinner som finner hverandre i sin felles utfordring av grenser. 22-årige gamle Skeete[...]

Den unge utilpassede miss Skeeter vender hjem til 60'ernes Jackson, Mississippi, efter at have afsluttet en universitetsuddannelse. Hun har imidlertid svært ved at falde til, da alle hendes gamle veninder har travlt med deres mænd, hus og børn - som de sorte tjenestepiger heldigvis tager si[...]

Oförglömlig roman om tre starka kvinnor i sextiotalets Södern

När societetsflickan Skeeter återvänder till hemstaden Jackson i Mississippi efter avslutade universitetsstudier, faller hon tillbaka i sitt gamla liv med bridgespel, tennis och välgörenhetsbaler. Men något hos henne har f[...]

Oförglömlig roman om tre starka kvinnor i sextiotalets Södern

När societetsflickan Skeeter återvänder till hemstaden Jackson i Mississippi efter avslutade universitetsstudier, faller hon tillbaka i sitt gamla liv med bridgespel, tennis och välgörenhetsbaler. Men något hos henne [...]