By Kathryn Stockett

 Set in the Deep South in 1962, societal lines between blacks and Whites are clearly drawn.  Skeeter was raised by a loving black woman who worked for her family.  When Skeeter returns home after college, she is shocked to see how her married friends treat their black maids
She decides to write a book showing the black perspective. She arranges to meet secretly with some of the maids, and they share their stories.  The Help is believably written and gives special insight through each character into opposing points of view and the cost of progress in society.
                                                        ~Reviewed by Becky Blair, Friend of Inklings