This book was a nice surprise and a real departure from my typical reading. I was amazed at the level of suspense the author could create in a domestic situation discussing quotidien life. I was impressed. I've alrady started The Mistress of Nothing that features a servant in the 1860s, so it will be interesting to compare.
The publisher's blurb:
Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town.
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