Thursday, October 27, 9:00-10:30 pm
The Help Pg. 131-204
I was reading this as I was watching the Rangers blow their chances of winning the World Series so my attention was a little divided. As usual, though, the book gets better and better. Skeeter is developing a new romance with Stuart Whitworth despite their horrible first date. Meanwhile, Skeeter has also been secretly interviewing Aibileen about being a black maid in the South. After several meetings, Aibileen also convinces a hesitant Minny to tell her stories to Skeeter. The plot is really thickening, and I am wondering how and if Skeeter’s relationship with Stuart, a prominent white man, is going to affect her relationships with Aibileen and Minny. She really needs them in order to successfully complete this book, especially because she is counting on them to recruit more maids to tell their accounts as well. They are risking a lot not only by developing a relationship with a white woman but also by revealing the truth about the families they have served.
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