The Help

You might have heard of this little book called

THE HELP

Well if you haven't read or even heard of it,

you might be living under a rock! 

(just sayin ;)

It is the best book I have read in a while.

Of course there are some parts that I would have loved for the author to elaborate on

or for there to be a sequel so we can keep following these women's lives!

It takes place in the early 60's,

smack dab in Jackson, Mississippi

during the Civil Rights movement.

It was so difficult to wrap my mind around 

how people were treated 
just based on the color of their skin.

These families would allow their maids 

to care for their children and practically raise them,

but they were not aloud to use the bathroom 
in their home!! 

Crazy right?!

Well, after I read the book 

I could no get to the theater fast enough 

to see how they had brought the book to the big screen!

Luckily, I was able to get my hands on tickets 
to a sneak preview,

two weeks before the movie was set to be in theaters!!

So I grabbed one of my awesome girlfriends 
and made it a date!

She read the book too 
and was about as excited as I was :)

We settled in with our popcorn and soda

and didn't take our eyes off the screen 
for the almost 3 hours!

Yes, it was long, but I wanted it to be longer :(

They did such a fantastic job with the movie,

changing a few things for the better!

My only complaint,
 was that if you didn't read the book,

it was more difficult to really understand 
the depth of the relationships between the women.


I am hoping to see more great book 
from Kathryn Stockett in the future




*****,
Erica

Star rating:

***** = MUST SEE 

**** = Too good to miss

*** = Like it

** = Just wait for DVD/Blu-Ray

* = don't waste your time seeing it at all