The Help

I watched the movie The Help last night. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a very faithful adaptation of the novel.

For those of you who have not seen the movie or read the book, it is the story of a young white woman in Mississippi during the early sixties.  She decides to write the story of "the help", the black women who cook, clean and raise the white children for the next generation.  The characters are so alive in the book and they are just as rich and wonderful in the movie.

I read the book earlier this year after hearing from everyone that I should read it.  It took a chapter or two before I got into it, then I could not stop.  My only complaint about the book was that it ended.  I wanted to know more, what happens next. I still find it so distrubing that people were ever treated as badly as these women.  It was such a terrible time in American history and Kathyrn Stockett beautifully portrays the woman and the time period with a skill unlike any other writer. I highly recommend the book and the movie, you won't be disappointed.