The Help

In The help they are taking up the slavery issue in the 1960’s. It is a story about a girl, Miss Skeeter, who grew up in a family in Jackson where they had a made. She had a close relationship with her made when she was young. But her made is dead. Miss Skeeter wants to write about slavery, and she does. She is interviewing the maids, at first only two maids want to help her, but more maids join after a while. And she publishes a book too, with all their stories. Not all the women who have maids is so happy about the book, because there are a lot of personal stories in the book.