Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Auflage | 2010 |
Seiten | 464 |
Format | 11,1 x 18,1 x 2,8 cm |
Gewicht | 240 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0141047704 |
EAN | 9780141047706 |
Bestell-Nr | 14104770EA |
___The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film___
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver . . .
There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.
Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...
'The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable' The Sunday Times
'A big, warm girlfriend of a book' The Times
'Harper Lee's classic n ovel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. Its direct descendent The Help has the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment' Daily Express
Rezension:
The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable The Sunday Times