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Three women join together to write a tell-all book about the work as African American maids in the South, that forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town. The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film , nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.



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Kathryn Stockett

Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and Creative Writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. The Help is her first novel.



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