This book captured my attention within the first chapter, and as a result, I listened to the audio while driving and getting my library ready for school to start and read at night until I wouldn't stay awake any longer!
Audio+print version=reading over 460 pages in less than a week
The Mississippi maids Aibileen and Minny give a new perspective into Southern life during the Civil Rights movement. Having a maid has always fascinated me...until I read this book! Maids allowed white women of the south to pretend to be good mothers when most of them barely paid attention to their children. If the white author Skeeter hadn't been a main character, then this book would have been biased to the black community by only showing their point-of-view. Skeeter's character formed a nice balance in the book, and I loved how the book ended for her and the other character. Great read!! If you haven't read, watch out it will hook you!
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