Book guide
The Help
Three women in 1960s Mississippi risk everything to tell the truth no one wants printed.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalResistanceHistoricalClass divideLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryFeminine rageLiteraryGrief journeyLiterarySocial commentary
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About The Help
In Jackson, Mississippi, Aibileen and Minny work as Black maids in white households while Skeeter dreams of becoming a writer. Together they begin a secret book project that could expose the town’s injustices and change all their lives.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- racism
- racist language
- domestic abuse
- alcohol abuse
- miscarriage
- blood
- cancer
- emesis
- grief
- death of a child
- hate crime
- police brutality
- child abuse
- sexual harassment
