The Help

De: Kathryn Stockett

Narrado por: Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell

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 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 17th 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.

This edition now includes the afterword "Too Little, Too Late—Kathryn Stockett in Her Own Words", as read by the author.

Bonus Audio: Hear an exclusive interview with Kathryn Stockett.©2009 Kathryn Stockett, Cover Art: (c) 2011 DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC (P)2009 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“The two principal maid characters...leap off the page in all their warm, three dimensional glory...[A] winning novel.” (The New York Times)

“This could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To Kill a Mockingbird…If you read only one book...let this be it.” (NPR.org)

“A beautiful portrait of a fragmenting world.” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Amazing, touchinig, brilliant

I just finished this book and was so sad that it ended. I wanted it to go on and continue to follow these characters' lives.

The book is extremely well written, the characters are fully realized and the story is narrated by four very talented actresses. I almost want to tell people not to read the book but listen to it. The life these women bring to each character made experiencing "The Help" all the more fulfilling.

Outstanding story and performance!

Wonderful, moving story and a magnificent performance by the reader. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

Phenomenal!

I highly recommend! What a captivating read... You won't be able to stop listening! This book perfectly portrays a relationship that many of us haven't experienced.

EXCELLENT IN ALL REGARDS

Narration was the best. Enjoyable and entertaining. Shared and recommended to all friends and family

No Help Needed

Because this book stands on its own. This book though long, flows smoothly and kept me interested. I love the fact that the different characters in the book are read by separate people. This really does give you a feel for what some people had to endure.

Amazing!!

It got me hooked for hours at a time.. I just couldn't put it down! This was the first audio novel I bought and it got me searching for more of the same type.

Wonderful

If you saw the movie, the book is better ! I enjoyed every minute of listening to the stories as the author intended us to hear them. It is great insight into the living situations that plagued the South (and still to this day). I highly recommend reading this book as written through the eyes of a White woman in collaboration with Black women.

Renewed hope for audiobooks

I have nearly given up the idea that I could enjoy an audiobook; until this one.
A truly heartfelt story supported by amazing performances by each narrator.
I am now willing to look a little harder for additional audio books to enjoy seeing as I could not stop listening. This is one of those great stories that makes you feel sad that the story is over.

excellent story and history lesson

What made the experience of listening to The Help the most enjoyable?

The stories within the story are heartwarming while at the same time heartrending.

What did you like best about this story?

The intertwined stories of the white and black women.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Emotion

If you could rename The Help, what would you call it?

No needed change

Fantastic

Kathryn Stockett's characters are so picture perfect that when I was finished with the story I felt as though I'd said goodbye to dear friends. Never have I enjoyed an audio book as much as I did this one. It shouldn't be missed.