Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women:
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 find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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 find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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Hardback Editions
October 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Help Deluxe Edition Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-399-15791-3 / 978-0-399-15791-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-241-95800-8 / 978-0-241-95800-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Fig Tree Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2011 : Library Binding
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-606-23173-0 / 978-0-606-23173-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2010 : Hardback
| Title: Autographed " The Help: A Novel" Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Help (Basic) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-4104-1553-8 / 978-1-4104-1553-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-399-15534-1 / 978-0-399-15534-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Help (Large Print Edition) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-60751-528-8 / 9781607515289 (USA edition) Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Availability: Amazon More details... |
2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Amy Einhorn books/G.P. Putnam's Sons Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Help (Movie Tie-In) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-59413-533-9 / 9781594135330 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Read Pink Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-425-26356-8 / 978-0-425-26356-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Trade Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-241-95653-6 / 978-0-241-95653-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help. Film Tie-In Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-241-95654-4 / 978-0-241-95654-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help. Movie Tie-In Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-425-24429-6 / 978-0-425-24429-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-425-24513-6 / 978-0-425-24513-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Trade Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help (Movie Tie-In) 12-Copy Solid Floor Display Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-425-24680-9 / 978-0-425-24680-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-425-23220-4 / 978-0-425-23220-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Trade Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-59413-388-3 / 9781594133886 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Help - A Novel Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Berkley Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-425-23398-7 / 978-0-425-23398-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Help (Arabic Edition) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 9953879869 / 9789953879864 Publisher: Arab Scientific Publishers Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-14-103928-0 / 978-0-14-103928-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-14-104770-4 / 978-0-14-104770-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-905490-43-7 / 9781905490431 (UK edition) Publisher: Fig Tree Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2009 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-905490-48-8 / 9781905490486 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Help - A Novel Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-399-15588-0 / 978-0-399-15588-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Help (Uncorrected Proof) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
April 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Help (Cliffs Notes) Author(s): Adam Sexton, Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-4558-8838-9 / 978-1-4558-8838-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
December 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Help (unabridged audiobook) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett, narrated by Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin, Jenna Lamia and Cassandra Campbell ISBN: 1-4074-4275-9 / 978-1-4074-4275-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 0-14-314418-9 / 978-0-14-314418-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett ISBN: 1-4159-6125-5 / 978-1-4159-6125-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Books On Tape Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
January 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: The help (Omnibus) (Italian Edition) Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: ARNOLDO MONDADORI EDITORE Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
September 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Help Author(s): Kathryn Stockett Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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July 2009 : Kindle edition
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February 2009 : Kindle edition
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