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)

Most enjoyable listen ever

This book is so well performed that it was the most enjoyable audio experience I have ever had. Using multiple voices really enhanced the experience.

Great Book with Great Narrators!

I could not put this book down! The narrators brought a great text alive, totally enhancing the experience.

Couldn't put it down

Thanks to Stockett for opening that forbidden door,that nasty little secret behind Southern gentility.
Jane

Thought provoking and heart rendering!

I purchased this audible book because my wife raved about it, and now that I've finished it, I totally understand why. I listen to books during my commute, and with this one, I found myself either waiting in my office parking lot in the morning until the current chapter finished, or in my driveway at home in the evening. A book for all to read, and one that as an audible version, has incredible readers!

The Help - A Great Listening Experience

The Help is an amazing and powerful story. I'm so glad I began my Audible experience with this novel. I listened to the novel on my Android phone as I walked around the neighborhood park. Often I found myself walking longer so that I could hear more. The performances of the readers/actresses are outstanding, making the listening experience even more profound. I highly recommend Audible and this novel.

All around great

Would you listen to The Help again? Why?

I did enjoy listening to the the Help because it drew you in. The voices had a true southern sound.

One of my top 5 books ever

Fabulous new talented author. I wait in anticipation for her next novel. Next week would not be too soon! Terrific narrators I really believe this book was even better listened to than read due to the talent on this recording. Great story it really makes you stop and think about many issues we still too sadly still live with today in 2010.

A Very Enjoyable Book!

A very enjoyable book! A few of the characters are a bit shallow, but that is the point in many of the cases, and I would have liked some of the plot lines to have been better developed, reveling themselves to be more exciting than they turned out to be. The book drops the reader in a very recent time in history and it is almost unbelievable that it could have been a reality only 50 years ago. I would highly recommend it.

Captivating and Addicting

Could NOT stop this book---practically listened to it straight through, and this is most unusual for me.

Outstanding

Outstanding book. A universal tale of growing up with a nanny. I grew up in South Africa in the 60's and not in Mississippi but found myself identifying with the the situation. Gives an insight into what it looks like from the side of nanny as well as how the situation ill serves the privileged class. Read beautifully. Waiting for her next book