Bøker lest i 2011

[Tallulah]

1. The Help -
The Help is a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett. It is about African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s.
The novel is told from the perspective of three characters: Aibileen Clark, a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson, an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.


Lest mest fordi jeg kjenner strøket godt, og liker å lese bøker basert i området. Ganske lett, og litt enkel slutt, men velskrevet bok som tar for seg historiske øyeblikk fra et menneskelig perspektiv, litt ala Mad Men. Er i ferd med å filmatiseres, men jeg er redd den kan bli litt for onsdagsfilmen på TVNorge og ikke Fried Green Tomatoes. Men jeg kan jo håpe!.