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Posted: Jan 27 2011 at 11:23am | IP Logged Quote Maggie


Hi Ladies,

I received The Help by Kathryn Stocket for Christmas from my SIL.

Admittedly, I was super skeptical--I am always skeptical of "popular" books.

I decided to give it a try...and oh my!...this book is FABULOUS!! I finished it in 4-5 days...and lost sleep in the process.

I think it might be something a great many of you would enjoy.

Just my .02.


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Posted: Jan 27 2011 at 11:57am | IP Logged Quote Karen T

I listened to this last summer as an audiobook and absolutely loved it. There are several different narrators to play the different maids' parts and they are all very convincing.

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Posted: Jan 27 2011 at 12:07pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM

Maggie, thank you for posting this. My MIL loaned me her copy. It's been sitting on my counter since New Year's because I've been skeptical -- I'm just not a new fiction kind of gal.

Now I'll give it a try.

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Posted: Jan 27 2011 at 12:26pm | IP Logged Quote Maggie

JennGM wrote:
Now I'll give it a try.


You'll be glad you did.

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Posted: Jan 27 2011 at 1:29pm | IP Logged Quote KC in TX

This was a fantastic book. I love new fiction and read a lot of it, but this one really grabbed me.

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Posted: Jan 27 2011 at 9:44pm | IP Logged Quote Barbara C.

Another fan, here. Great "historical fiction"!!

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Posted: Jan 28 2011 at 2:06am | IP Logged Quote Carole N.

My friend loaned me her copy. She is Welsh and thought I might like it because she knows I am from the south. It has been sitting there because I have also been hesitant to read it.

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Posted: Jan 28 2011 at 10:35am | IP Logged Quote Maggie


It definitely falls into the category of "living" books.

It is quite gripping...and at times, even hard to read...emotionally, speaking...but well worth it, imo.

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Posted: Jan 31 2011 at 9:20am | IP Logged Quote JennGM

Thanks again, Maggie. I read it yesterday and it was impossible to put it down.

I think that's the main reason why I don't read fiction -- I get too immersed and find it hard to tear myself away.

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Super Gigantic Dittos here.....on an impulse, I picked it up at the library for a book discussion group.....I gobbled that book down in one big two day marathon reading session.....who me?? kIds?? meals?? appointments?? I could not put it down. Very thought provoking....just a few days after I read it, I listened to Dick Gordon’s “The Story” on NPR....and he interviewed two women who were from Jackson, Mississippi...it was a lot of fun listening to that interview after having just read the book. Here’s the link:

"The Story"

I had NO idea that kind of stuff went on, having lived in the North my whole life.....I was so clueless. The character development was really, really well done.
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You are right, Jenn...this is why I have such a hard time reading good fiction, I get so absorbed in the story I can’t put it down. I. Must. Know. How. It. Ends.

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Posted: March 19 2011 at 3:40pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM

4 lads mom wrote:
Super Gigantic Dittos here.....on an impulse, I picked it up at the library for a book discussion group.....I gobbled that book down in one big two day marathon reading session.....who me?? kIds?? meals?? appointments?? I could not put it down. Very thought provoking....just a few days after I read it, I listened to Dick Gordon’s “The Story” on NPR....and he interviewed two women who were from Jackson, Mississippi...it was a lot of fun listening to that interview after having just read the book. Here’s the link:

"The Story"

I had NO idea that kind of stuff went on, having lived in the North my whole life.....I was so clueless. The character development was really, really well done.
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You are right, Jenn...this is why I have such a hard time reading good fiction, I get so absorbed in the story I can’t put it down. I. Must. Know. How. It. Ends.


I'm glad you liked it. I did find the ending disappointing. It made New York, the North, as *The Promised Land*, almost back to the North/South division. It was almost like a slap ending...leave and everything will be fine. Nothing good here...even leave your family and your mother dying.

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Posted: March 22 2011 at 7:03am | IP Logged Quote 4 lads mom

Jenn, I felt EXACTLY the same way.....so much build up and POOF! Done! I wanted to know what happened to MIss Celia!!!!

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Posted: March 25 2011 at 4:29pm | IP Logged Quote florasita

Well our library has it .I had two options get in line at #160 or #71 large print edition
so I chose the large version should make good summer reading I hope !

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Posted: June 09 2011 at 12:56pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM

Bumping as I started reading it yesterday and am about half way (late night ). It is riveting. I saw a few weeks ago that it has been made into a movie coming out this summer. Interested to see how that turns out. The trailers look good.

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