By Leigh Edwards | Observer Contributor
The Help, a novel by Kathryn Stockett, was published in 2009 in the United States and has been read by millions of people across the country. Based in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960’s, The Help follows two maids, Aibileen and Minny, and a young Journalist, Miss Skeeter Phelan, on a journey to reveal what it’s really like being a maid for white people during segregation by publishing a book called Help. Along the way, the reader meets colorful and sometimes downright mean characters, such as Miss Hilly Hollbrook, which keeps you turning the page and rooting for the maids and Miss Skeeter the whole way.