by Kathryn Stockett · Bertrand · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788528614619
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A story of hope and a milestone in literature. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan has finished college and is eager to become a writer. After working as a columnist for the local newspaper, she has a brilliant but dangerous idea: to write a book in which black maids recount their relationship with white housewives in Mississippi in the 1960s. Despite the fear of possible retaliation, she gets the help of Aibeleen, the maid who raised 17 white children, and Minny, who, for not keeping quiet, has been unemployed several times after arguing with her housewives. Taking advantage of the emergence of the first demonstrations in defense of civil rights, Skeeter hopes that her book will shock prejudiced whites and bring pride and hope to the black community of Jackson, the county where the story takes place. At the same time, with the possible publication of the book, she hopes to break her own barriers and realize her life's dream.
Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s.
