During the summer, we were at the library checking out and another librarian and another patron were discussing a book that had just arrived on reserve for her. The librarian said it was the “hottest” book of the summer in the library. TW and I strained across the desk to see what it was, The Help. huh. We hadn’t heard of it.
I went home, put it on my reserve list and forgot about it.
It arrived last week and my goodness, it’s not in very good shape for such a new book. It’s made the rounds and it’s binding is in serious trouble (and it’s not TW’s fault for taking it in the bathtub either.)
Anyway, about the book. I see why it’s a hot commodity here in the Chicagoland suburbs. It’s nicely written. It’s about the relationship between white women in Mississippi and their maids. I loved the characters, all of them. Even the horrible white women who are very hard to love.
Great book that I did not want to end. I want to know what happens to Skeeter. To Minny. To poor Celia. To evil Hilly. To those little white children of Elizabeth’s, who God help them are going to be in some big trouble unless they get some help.