Book #10 of 2017:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I loved this novel’s focus on black domestic servants during the Jim Crow era, which is an aspect of American history that doesn’t get talked about as much as it should – and is more recent than some folks might like to admit. I would have preferred for the book to spend less time on Skeeter, who comes across as something of a white savior, but I appreciated that some of the black characters like Aibileen and Minny call her out on that, and she does get better as the story progresses.
★★★★☆
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