The Help

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film-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 by PBS's The Great American Read. 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...

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...

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...

Kathryn Stockett fortæller i "The Help" historien om sorte stuepigers virkelighed i 1960ernes Mississippi. Aibileen og Minny er to stuepiger der dagligt oplever uretfærdigheder. Miss Skeeter, husets hvide pige som er hjemvendt fra college, savner sin gamle stuepige. Langsomt men sikkert bliver hun venner med Aibileen og Minny, der lever hårdere liv end hun nogensinde kunne forestille sig. Deres venskab vil blive en kontroversiel ting i den konservative stat. Nu er de tre veninder afhængige af hinanden, i kampen for sandheden. "The Help" er Kathryn Stocketts første roman. Den er efterfølgende blevet en bestseller og filmatiseret.

Kathryn Stockett fortæller i "The Help" historien om sorte stuepigers virkelighed i 1960ernes Mississippi. Aibileen og Minny er to stuepiger der dagligt oplever uretfærdigheder. Miss Skeeter, husets hvide pige som er hjemvendt fra college, savner sin gamle stuepige. Langsomt men sikkert bliver hun venner med Aibileen og Minny, der lever hårdere liv end hun nogensinde kunne forestille sig. Deres venskab vil blive en kontroversiel ting i den konservative stat. Nu er de tre veninder afhængige af hinanden, i kampen for sandheden. "The Help" er Kathryn Stocketts første roman. Den er efterfølgende blevet en bestseller og filmatiseret.

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film--a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't--n ominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read . 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...

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film--a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't--n ominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read . 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...

I 1960'ernes Jackson, Missisippi er det de sorte stuepiger, der opdrager de rige, hvide familiers børn. Stuepigerne er en uundværlig og undervurderet del af hverdagen, men familierne behandler dem alligevel med mistillid og foragt. "The Help" er historien om Aibileen, der er i færd med at opdrage sit syttende hvide barn, samtidig med at hun sørger over sin søns tragiske død, hendes skarptungede veninde Minny og den hvide frøken Skeeter, der netop er vendt hjem fra college. "The Help" er Kathryn Stocketts berømte og prisvindende roman om de tre kvinders venskab, der overskrider tidens fordomme og snævre samfundsgrænser.

I 1960'ernes Jackson, Missisippi er det de sorte stuepiger, der opdrager de rige, hvide familiers børn. Stuepigerne er en uundværlig og undervurderet del af hverdagen, men familierne behandler dem alligevel med mistillid og foragt. "The Help" er historien om Aibileen, der er i færd med at opdrage sit syttende hvide barn, samtidig med at hun sørger over sin søns tragiske død, hendes skarptungede veninde Minny og den hvide frøken Skeeter, der netop er vendt hjem fra college. "The Help" er Kathryn Stocketts berømte og prisvindende roman om de tre kvinders venskab, der overskrider tidens fordomme og snævre samfundsgrænser.