Search results
Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s. Career.
The Help is a historical fiction novel by American author Kathryn Stockett published by Penguin Books in 2009. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s.. A USA Today article called it one of the "summer sleeper hits." An early review in The New York Times notes Stockett's "affection and intimacy buried beneath even the ...
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing for nine years.
Feb 10, 2009 · The Help, Kathryn Stockett The Help is a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett. The Help is set in the early 1960's in Jackson, Mississippi, and told primarily from the first-person perspectives of three women: Aibileen Clark, Minny Jackson, and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan. Aibileen is a maid who takes care of children and cleans.
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. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, ...
Feb 18, 2009 · In “The Help,” Kathryn Stockett’s button-pushing, soon to be wildly popular novel about black domestic servants working in white Southern households in the early 1960s, one woman works ...
Kathryn Stockett is a historical fiction author best known for her debut novel, The Help. This story takes us back to a time when racial segregation was the norm in Mississippi and other parts of the country. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, the author writes from her own experiences growing up.
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for sixteen years.
Stockett makes frequent mention of classic works of Southern literature in The Help, which situates her novel in a literary tradition of examining the realities of racism in the South.In many ways, The Help responds to and refutes Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind and its representation of Mammy, an outspoken but matronly black slave and caregiver who faithfully and happily serves her ...
Feb 10, 2009 · Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for sixteen years.
