Type: Historical Fiction
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Publication Date: 2009
Country: United States
Pages: 524
Skeeter Phelan is an aspiring journalist who decides to write a book from the point of view of the African-American house helps during the 1960s in America. She takes help from two maids Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson who disclose the racism they face every day and their relationship with their employers. Though the book is a period drama still has a feel-good factor as it showcases the women triumph in their struggles.