In 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, a young white writer persuades Black maids to share their stories of working for white families, risking all their safety in the segregated South.
Books mentioned in The Help (7)
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious: “The same old books set on Miss Leefolt’s nightstand: Frances Benton’s Etiquette, Peyton Place, that old dusty Bible she keep by the bed for show.”
The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois: “she puts checkmarks next to the books: The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois, poems by Emily Dickinson (any)”
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: “I been on the waiting list for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Carver Library near bout three months now.”
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison: “He read this book call Invisible Man. When he done, he say he gone write down what it was like to be colored working for a white man in Mississippi.”
Curious George by H. A. Rey: “I can’t read that Curious George one more time cause she don’t want a hear it.”
Books that mention The Help (1)
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang: “it joins novels like The Help and The Good Earth”