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Book: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Genre: fiction Number of Pages: 464

We would like to read __The Help__ by Kathryn Stockett for our book group. This book was recommended by Mrs. Mattessich because most people would like it. She told Tori that it was her style and that she would enjoy it.

The ratings for the book have been very high. At amazon.com the book received 4 1/2 stars out of five and it was recommended. Also, __The Help__ is a #1 New York Times Bestseller which means the book is very good and interesting.

“Set in the rural South of the 1960's, //THE HELP// is a startling, resonant portrait of the intertwined lives of women on opposite sides of the racial divide. Stockett's many gifts – a keen eye for character, a wicked sense of humor, the perfect timing of a natural born storyteller – shine as she evokes a time and place when black women were expected to help raise white babies, and yet could not use the same bathroom as their employers. Her characters, both white and black, are so fully fleshed they practically breathe – no stock villains or pious heroines here. I'm becoming an evangelist for //The Help//. Don't miss this wise and astonishing debut.” –Joshilyn Jackson, Bestselling author of //Gods in Alabama // //[|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0399155341/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books]//

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