I hate to preempt to publication of novels because I worry people will come in asking for the book and get disappointed but I want to be the first to tell everyone that I absolutely fell in LOVE with the characters from Kathryn Stockett’s first novel, The Help. It doesn’t come out until February 10th but I got to read an early printing and it was by far my favorite work of fiction that I read last year.
The Help is set in Jackson, MS which made it especially fun for me to read; not to mention the fact that lots of the characters live in Belhaven so it’s fun to imagine the story as it goes along in a familiar setting with a familiar cast of background characters like WLBT’s long time weather man Woody Assaf. 
In spite of the fact that The Help is set in Civil Rights Era Jackson, it is happy, sad, serious and fun all in one. There were several instances when I found myself almost in tears from laughing so hard… All I have to say is just WAIT for the toilet scene!!
-Caroline
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