The book takes place in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s during the height of racial segregation. It is narrated in the perspective of three southern women - one white, young woman who has just returned home from graduating college and two black women who are maids for middle to upper class white families. What caught my attention about this book was that it not only provided the point of view of various lives, it also wove in significant historical moments in a way that makes you feel like you have lived through them.
When Skeeter returns from college to find her beloved maid, Constantine, is gone she does what she can to find answers. In the process, she is exposed to a whole new world that exists in Jackson, MS - the ugliness of racial segregation and cruelty of hate crimes. And she crosses lines that turn much of the town against her as she fights for what is right in the only way she knows how - writing.
The touching storylines and various points of view were very captivating and the three female narrators were top-notch. The southern accents portrayed in the audiobook version is something you definitely do not get from reading the printed book. Although I would undoubtedly recommend this book to anyone, I highly recommend listening to the audiobook. It had me thinking and occasionally speaking in a southern accent!
So what are you waiting for? Go out an get this ASAP!
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