The Help is a historical fiction novel by American author Kathryn Stockett published by Penguin Books in 2009. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s. A USA Today article called it one of the "summer sleeper hits". An early review …
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The Help is a historical fiction novel by American author Kathryn Stockett published by Penguin Books in 2009. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s. A USA Today article called it one of the "summer sleeper hits". An early review in The New York Times notes Stockett's "affection and intimacy buried beneath even the most seemingly impersonal household connections", and says the book is a "button-pushing, soon to be wildly popular novel". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said of the book: "This heartbreaking story is a stunning début from a gifted talent." Stockett began writing the novel — her first — after the September 11 attacks. It took her five years to complete and was rejected by 60 literary agents, over a period of three years, before agent Susan Ramer agreed to represent Stockett. The Help has since been published in 35 countries and three languages. As of August 2011, it had sold seven million copies in print and audiobook editions, and spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. The Help's audiobook version is narrated by Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, and Cassandra Campbell. Spencer was Stockett's original inspiration for the character of Minny, and also plays her in the film adaptation.
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The Help
464 pages
English language
Published 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-0-399-15534-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 4667024
The Help
464 pages
English language
Published 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-0-399-15534-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 4667024
The Help
451 pages
English language
Published 2011 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-241-95653-3Copied ISBN!
La couleur des sentiments
525 pages
French language
Published 2010 by Actes Sud.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-7427-9291-7Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 9305651
Gute Geister
605 pages
German language
Published Sept. 10, 2012 by btb.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-74508-1Copied ISBN!
La couleur des sentiments
608 pages
French language
Published 2012 by Actes Sud.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-330-01307-3Copied ISBN!
La couleur des sentiments
French language
Published 2013 by Actes Sud.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-330-02669-1Copied ISBN!
The Help
367 pages
Japanese language
Published Feb. 25, 2012
- ISBN:
- 978-4-08-760642-3Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 16298340
The Help
Published Feb. 25, 2012
- ISBN:
- 978-4-08-760641-6Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 16298339
Criadas y Señoras: Más de 2.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos en Estados Unidos. Uno de los recientes paperbacks más populares en el Reino Unido. (Spanish Edition)
Spanish language
Published 2010
- ISBN:
- 978-84-15140-04-7Copied ISBN!
La couleur des sentiments
French language
Published by le Grand livre du mois.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-286-06922-3Copied ISBN!
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