The #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t - nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a husband, she’s considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...
GMD | BOOK |
Classification | F STO |
Publisher | Penguin UK, 2009-07-23 |
Subject | EducationAmerican HistoryHistory / United States / 20th CenturyFiction / HistoricalHistoricalHistorical FictionHistorical NovelAfrican American CultureYoung Adult Fiction / People & Places / United States / African AmericanFamily RelationshipsFriendshipAmerican CultureSlaveryCivil Rights Movements, United StatesSocial JusticeSocial Issues |
ISBN | 9780141039282 |
Additional ISBN | 0141039280 |
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