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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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Summary
Setting is 1962 Jackson, MS. Point of view moves around from certain black maids to one naive white girl, fresh out of college, who wants to be a writer. She is advised to write a book , and submit to a certain editor. Her idea to interview the local maids turns into something none of the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
AIBILEEN
Chapter 1 - August 1962
Chapter 2
MINNY
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
MISS SKEETER
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
AIBILEEN
Chapter 7
MISS SKEETER
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
MINNY
Chapter 10
MISS SKEETER
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
AIBILEEN
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
MINNY
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
MISS SKEETER
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
AIBILEEN
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
MINNY
Chapter 24
THE BENEFIT
Chapter 25
MINNY
Chapter 26
MISS SKEETER
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
AIBILEEN
Chapter 29
MINNY
Chapter 30
AIBILEEN
Chapter 31
MINNY
Chapter 32
MISS SKEETER
Chapter 33
AIBILEEN
Chapter 34
Acknowledgements
Too little, Too late
About the author
Authors & Contributors
- Kathryn Stockett (Author)
Awards
- Amazon.com's Best Books (November 2009: Editors' Picks, #19)
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