For our book club, we read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. What made book club even better was that Melina was in town so we all were able to get together instead of having our book club over video chat. We had a great discussion about the book and our lives.
The Help takes place in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960's during the civil rights movement. It focuses on three women, Aibileen and Minny, two African Amercian maids, and Skeeter (her nickname) a caucasian woman who wants to write their stories of what it is like to be a black maid in the South. It is a risk for these women to meet together, but they feel their stories need to be told.
In my opinion, it was sweet to see the relationship between these different women grow and it was interesting to learn more about the social issues at that time. However, I felt the book moved a little slow at times and I didn't feel like the end really tied up the story that well.
During our discussion we talked a lot about if society is much better today. It is easy to shake our heads at the past, but do those that fill working class jobs really feel like they are treated fairly? I read this article today that is on this topic that I found really interesting.
Anyway, here's the rating I gave The Help. Melina gave it 5 stars and Talena gave it 4 stars.
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And now pictures from the evening...
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| Talena made a caramel cake which is a dessert they made in the book. It was so good! |
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| My cute friends, Talena and Melina! |
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| I actually did my hair |
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| Me, Melina and Talena with the picture of Jesus watching over us. |
That was quite a long article! For years rankism has bothered me. The best way to overcome it is to remember to respect everyone and treat them all as children of God. I haven't read The Help but Mary liked it.
ReplyDeleteThat caramel cake looks so yummy! they made it sound so complicated in the book.
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