Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for sixteen years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter.
Praise for The Help
“The two principal maid characters...leap off the page in all their
warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel.”—The New York
Times
“This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To
Kill a Mockingbird…If you read only one book...let this be
it.”—NPR.org
“Wise, poignant...You’ll catch yourself cheering out
loud.”—People
“Graceful and real, a compulsively readable story.”—Entertainment
Weekly
“A beautiful portrait of a fragmenting world.”—The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
“The must-read choice of every book club in the country.”—The
Huffington Post
“At turns hilarious and heart-warming.”—Associated Press
“In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues
involved, Stockett spins a story of a social awakening as seen from
both sides of the American racial divide.”—The Washington Post
Four peerless actors render an array of sharply defined black and white characters in the nascent years of the civil rights movement. They each handle a variety of Southern accents with aplomb and draw out the daily humiliation and pain the maids are subject to, as well as their abiding affection for their white charges. The actors handle the narration and dialogue so well that no character is ever stereotyped, the humor is always delightful, and the listener is led through the multilayered stories of maids and mistresses. The novel is a superb intertwining of personal and political history in Jackson, Miss., in the early 1960s, but this reading gives it a deeper and fuller power. A Putnam hardcover (Reviews, Dec. 1). (Feb.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
Praise for The Help
"The two principal maid characters...leap off the page in all their
warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel."-The New
York Times
"This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since
To Kill a Mockingbird...If you read only one book...let this
be it."-NPR.org
"Wise, poignant...You'll catch yourself cheering out
loud."-People
"Graceful and real, a compulsively readable
story."-Entertainment Weekly
"A beautiful portrait of a fragmenting world."-The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
"The must-read choice of every book club in the country."-The
Huffington Post
"At turns hilarious and heart-warming."-Associated Press
"In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues
involved, Stockett spins a story of a social awakening as seen from
both sides of the American racial divide."-The Washington
Post
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