The Help is a historical fiction novel by American author Kathryn Stockett and published by Penguin Books in 2009. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s. A USA Today article called it one of the "summer sleeper hits." An early review in The New York Times notes Stockett's "affection and intimacy buried beneath even the most seemingly impersonal household connections," and says the book is a "button-pushing, soon to be wildly popular novel." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said of the book: "This heartbreaking story is a stunning début from a gifted talent." Stockett began writing the novel — her first — after the September 11th attacks. It took her five years to complete and was rejected by 60 literary agents, over a period of three years, before agent Susan Ramer agreed to represent Stockett. The Help has since been published in 35 countries and three languages.
About The Help
An author writes a book from the point of view of African-American maids in the American south in the 1960s.
Achievement of The Help
The film is adapted from Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name. The movie was filmed in Mississippi where the story takes place.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About The Help
Culture of Jackson, Mississippi.. Novels set in Mississippi.. Novels about racism.
