The Help (K. Stockett)

A good friend warned me that she did not like this book and did not think that I would.  I couldn't disagree more.  This book gives the viewpoints of two African American maids and one white "society" girl of the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi.  The civil rights movement is starting to gain steam and these three women in their own way "help" others gain fulfillment.  I must admit, I initially read this because of the movie coming out later this summer.  But as the author points out: "Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, we are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought."  No matter where we are on our journeys through life, we all share the same humanity.