The Help
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Engelsk
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver. . There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white chi...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af The Help af Kathryn Stockett
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver. . There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell. . ***The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film***Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren''t trusted not to steal the silver . . There''s Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son''s tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they''d be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell. . ''The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable'' The Sunday Times''A big, warm girlfriend of a book'' The Times''Harper Lee''s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. Its direct descendent The Help has the same potential . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment'' Daily Express
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141047706
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
464
Udgivelsesdato
04-05-2010
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1520402
EAN nr.
9780141047706
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
126
Bredde (mm)
180
Længde (mm)
29
Vægt (g)
250