About the book: 2010 / American South, it’s the 1960s. Skeeter has just graduated from university and returns home to the sleepy town of Jackson, where nothing ever happens. She dreams of becoming a writer, breaking out into the big world. But a decent girl from the South should not indulge in such stupid illusions; a decent girl should get married and take care of the house. Wise Aibileen is thirty years older than Skeeter, she has been serving in white houses all her life, has nursed seventeen children and has long since expected nothing from life , for her heart is broken after the death of her only son. Minnie is the best cook in all of Jackson, and she is also the most daring maid in the city. And a sharp tongue has served her badly more than once. Minnie never stays in one place for long. But even the most arrogant white ladies should not mess with Minnie. Two black maids and an inexperienced white girl have one thing in common - a heightened sense of justice and a desire to somehow change the order of things. Will these three be able to face the whole world? Will they be able to survive this struggle? “The Help” is an amazingly warm, humane and dramatic novel that has become one of the main literary events of the last year not only in the USA, but also in the world. The book has been translated into 40 languages, American readers named it “Book of the Year,” and the novel topped all American bestseller lists for almost a year..