4/5
Disclaimer: I know this book was recently made into a movie that won big at the award shows. However, I have never seen the movie so I cannot comment on that.
This is a book about race relations in Jackson, Mississippi, specifically the way different races related to each other as maids/nannies and employers. While the book briefly mentioned some of the truly violent incidences that could have taken place, the reader is nevertheless left with a powerful expression about what that time was like. Skeeter, one of the main characters, decided to write a book about what it was like to be a colored maid at the time. She was motivated in part by her ambitions as a writer and in part by her own close relationship with her own nanny growing up. She is helped by Aibileen and Minny, who have to work past their own demons before they can tell their stories. Like the book written in the story, this book gives the impression that for all the horrible experiences as a maid/nanny, there is still the occasional close relationship formed that knows no colors.
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