The Help
17 hrs. 40 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Kathryn Stockett
Author
Kathryn Stockett
Narrator
Marina Lisovets
Narrator
Natalia Kaznacheeva
Narrator
Yulia Yablonskaya
Description
Katherine Stockett’s debut novel “The Help” was an unquestionable #1 bestseller for more than 55 weeks across all American editions, including such an authoritative one as “The New York Times.” The book has been translated into 40 languages.
At the largest Amazon bookstore, almost 3,000 readers wrote reviews on Katherine Stockett’s novel; nearly 2,000 of them gave the book the highest rating. The film adaptation became no less loud than the book itself. The movie was nominated in several categories for an Oscar. Actress Octavia Spencer won an Oscar for her role as Minnie in the category “Best Supporting Actress.”
The American South, the 1960s. Skitter has just finished college and is returning home to a sleepy town, Jackson, where nothing ever happens. She dreams of becoming a writer, of breaking free into the big world. But for a decent Southern girl, it isn’t proper to indulge in such foolish illusions— a decent girl should marry and mind the home. Wise Aibileen, thirty years older than Skeeter, serves in white people’s houses her entire life, raising seventeen children—and she no longer expects anything from life, because her heart was broken by the death of her only son. Minnie is the best cook in all of Jackson, and also the boldest maid in the city. Two black maids and a white inexperienced girl have one thing in common—an acute sense of justice and a desire to change things, at least somehow. Can all three stand up to the whole world?
At the largest Amazon bookstore, almost 3,000 readers wrote reviews on Katherine Stockett’s novel; nearly 2,000 of them gave the book the highest rating. The film adaptation became no less loud than the book itself. The movie was nominated in several categories for an Oscar. Actress Octavia Spencer won an Oscar for her role as Minnie in the category “Best Supporting Actress.”
The American South, the 1960s. Skitter has just finished college and is returning home to a sleepy town, Jackson, where nothing ever happens. She dreams of becoming a writer, of breaking free into the big world. But for a decent Southern girl, it isn’t proper to indulge in such foolish illusions— a decent girl should marry and mind the home. Wise Aibileen, thirty years older than Skeeter, serves in white people’s houses her entire life, raising seventeen children—and she no longer expects anything from life, because her heart was broken by the death of her only son. Minnie is the best cook in all of Jackson, and also the boldest maid in the city. Two black maids and a white inexperienced girl have one thing in common—an acute sense of justice and a desire to change things, at least somehow. Can all three stand up to the whole world?
