![]() ![]() The novel is set in 1962 during the nascent Civil Rights Movement in Jackson, Mississippi. The novel was immensely popular with women. The Help remained a best seller and it was made into a film too. For women of colour the oppression they face is double since it is by men in their own society and also by the white community due to their race. The author dramatizes the problems that black women go through in their day to day life. Kathryn Stockett is an American writer whose book, The Help (2009) has become popular. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. About the Author: Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. ![]()
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