The Help

I take this opportunity to earnestly urge one and all not to miss this compelling read by Kathryn Stockett. The Help is a story of three women set during a time when segregation is still at large in America. This novel mainly explores the lives of the black domestic help in a  small southern town. The story is told not only from the view point of Aibileen and Minny both black maids in white American houses but also from Miss Skeeter, a young white woman who wants to write a book about "the help".

I especially liked the ending because it seemed realistic. There were consequences for the risk taken and all was not so well in the end. But of course, it could have been worse.