The Help

This book tells the story of three women in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi - Aibileen, a black maid raising her seventeenth white child; Minny, a fiery maid struggling to keep a job; and Skeeter, a white socialite with an unpredictable future. In secret, they come together to write a tell-all book about what it's really like to work as a black maid in the white homes of the South, risking it all for hope of a better day. A powerful novel about friendship, courage, and the fight for change.