lCome join One Book One University on Tuesday, February 23, 2012 to read and discuss The Help by Kathryn Stockett. This is a noval about the relationship between maids and their wealthy employers in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s.
Joshily Jackson, Best selling author of Gods in Alabama, states, "Set in the rural South of the 1960s, The Help is a startling, resonant portrait of the intertwined lives of women on opposite sides of the racial divide. Stockett's many gifts - a keen eye for character, a wicked sense of humor, the perfect timing of a natural born storyteller -- shine as she evokes a time and place when black women were expected to help raise white babies, and yet could not sue the same bathroom as their employers. Her characters, both white and black, are so fully fleshed they practically breathe - no stock willains or pious heroines here. I'm becoming an evagelist for The Help. Don't miss this wise and astonishing debut."
To participate, give $5.00 (no checks please) to Lorraine Partick, in the Library, on or before February 10, 2012.
Book discussion is on Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 3:00 - 4:30 PM in the Library (Classroom 460).
