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The topic of Civil Rights in the U.S. is vast, complex, and ongoing. To write a fictionalized story of the impact of this movement is no small matter. Certainly an author can write about any one of numerous aspects of this movement, but Kathryn Stockett has taken a fascinating approach. In the characters in this small town, both white and black, Stockett has recreated the world that was during the Jim Crow laws and given us real insight into how real people interacted and regarded each other. It would seem that in this insular society that change would not come as quickly as it did, but the author demonstrated how little changes, little nuances, have added up to produce a major shift in society. To me this novel was not as much about the specifics of the individual characters as it was about this perceptible shift in the relations between blacks and whites.

The book was well written, the characters well drawn, and I feel she accomplished her purpose. RecommendedThe Help
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