Author: Kathryn Stockett Acquired in: 2018 As the first post for The Seaside Library, I wanted to write about this book, even though I’ve actually read it two years ago. That period of time is very important to me: it was my first experience of public exams during which the prevalent emotion can be related to getting stuck on a railway track and then hearing the train’s whistle. Whew. What got me through the inferno was chocolate and books, such as this one. The book had an aura of reassurance; even the title was appealing when I saw it in the store. The Help is a book I will read again and feel the same riot of emotions I felt on my first journey through the book. Eugenia or ‘Skeeter’ Phelan (skeeter- slang for insect or mosquito; it is a reference to her leggy appearance), an odd-ball among the denizens of Jackson, Mississippi, has always found comfort in the arms of her old nurse Constantine. All of a sudden, the loving relationship they shared was shatter...
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