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)

All Need to Read This Book

Horrifying to think times were ever like this. What a magnificent story! The readers were outstanding! I hated seeing it end

Learn about yourself.

I’ve latched onto the film several times. Thank goodness I had the luck to run into the book on Audible. Just finished the first listening, and am starting it again. My family was North Carolinian. I am white, and was 8 at the beginning of the 60s and had been surrounded by black help since birth. I had my own Abilene and white family who made certain I didn’t become too close. My Abilene’s name was Louise, and in retrospect I would have traded her for either one of my two parents In a heartbeat.

Even better than the movie

I like to listen to books that have been made to a movie. I enjoy how a book is better at developing the characters in a way a movie cannot.

One of my all time favorites!

I’ve listened to this book about 5 times through now, and I swear it gets better every time!

Wonderfully Produced

Normally, I dont love when an audio book has multiple people reading the narration. Yet in this case it is handled beautifully and you can really feel the differing view points and stories of each character. It feels like you're being told by your southern grandmothers or Aunties rather than just one narrator. This book has a lot of production value and it shows. Highly recommend.

Speechless

I’ve been looking at the help for so long kinda just passing it by assuming it was sentimental idk The rave reviews are all spot on. It’s beautiful in its gritty realness, joy and suffering, laughing and crying… the performance was so spot on. I was lost in these rich, 3-dimensional characters, perfect “casting.”

Book is so much better than the movie and the movie was fantastic

I listened to this book 3 months ago and can finally come out of my speechless coma- what an incredible story and perfect performance! My drive to work had more than one purpose and I couldn’t wait to make the one hour commute. A must listen for anyone age 13 to 113.

Best Book ever!!!

Growing up watching The Help in movie form it always hits a soft spot in my heart. So to listen to the book and feel the same emotions times ten makes this book a must read.

Amazing

I loved it! I saw the movie long time ago but I never read the book before. The audio book is amazing… The narration makes it so emotional.

Outstanding

One of the best books I’ve read in some time. Extremely well written, and grabs you immediately.