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Description
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Celia Foote: Add a description of this character.
- Minny
- Mae Mobley Leefolt
- Aibileen
- Miss Skeeter
- Miss Hilly Holbrook
- Stuart Whitworth
- Johnny Foote
- Mother
- Constantine
- Elizabeth Leefolt
- Leroy
- Minny Jackson
- Daddy
- Mama
- Lou Anne Templeton
- Missus Stein
- Eugenia
- William Junior
- Miss Walters
- Miss Myrna
- Kindra
- Missus Whitworth
- Miss Walter
- Carlton Jr.
- Robert Brown
- Mrs. Charlotte Boudreau Cantrelle Phelan
- Elaine Stein
- Lulabelle
- Li'l Man
Memorable Quotes
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“How the first time his foot fell asleep and he say it tickle, I told him that was just his foot snoring.”
Aibileen -
“Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, we are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.”
Ms. Skeeter -
“She's likee a Philistine on a Sunday, the way she won't take but so many steps a day. Except every day's Sunday around here.”
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“....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen.”
First Sentence
Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Kathryn Stockett (Author)
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