I finally went to the library last Friday and got a library card, after living here for five months! That is probably the longest I have ever lived somewhere without having a local library card, shameful, I know. (Except for when I was a newborn. I wasn't really that interested at that age.) I started out with "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. I kind of thought it would be an easy read, and it was, but it really made me think! It made me think about what I think about people, how I treat others, and wonder if my perception of my behavior is even close to the behavior the people around me are experiencing.
It's easy to look at the behavior of others, especially when they were living in a different place and time, and say "I would never do that. I couldn't be that awful." But what if I grew up in their shoes? What if I was told every day that I was better than someone else just because of the color of my skin? Would I believe it?
The novel is about the relationship between well-off white families and their underpaid and quite often mistreated help in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960's, when civil rights are starting to become a reality for some, but remain a dream for most.
I would definitely recommend it. It will challenge you to think and examine your own life, and provide some humorous entertainment at the same time.
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