The Help

The Help
Written by Kathryn Stockett
I chose this book because i heard it was good from people who have already read it.

Ailbileen a black woman who lives in Jackson, Mississippi raised children from different white families. Minny Aibileen's friend tells her workers what she thinks of them, which she has been fired from nineteen jobs. Skeeter the daughter from a white family whose cotton farm employs a lot of African Americans in the cotton fields and in the house too. After finishing college she had a dream different then her mothers dream for her on getting married. She had the dream of being a writer. Skeeter wonders why the maid who raised her when she was young, Constatine suddenly disappeared. Constatine wrote to her while she was at college. Skeeters family said Constatine quit and went to live with her relatives. Skeeter doesnt believe such a thing but no one will discuss anything about it any further. Knowing Constatine, Skeeter realized that the maids are treated in a different way then white employers. She wants to let people know the truth about being a colored maid in Mississippi. Doing this she has to trust the maids while trying to write a book about African Americans speaking out in the South.