They were right

Two different people told me that they had just finished reading a great book and that I needed to read it too -- I'd love it! Aside from proving that my friends have great taste in books, I'm so glad that they told me about it; I would have hated to miss it. I've joined the ranks of all the people who have read this book -- We ALL love it. The object of all this praise is THE HELP a novel by Kathryn Stockett (2009).
The book is telling stories of the American South in the sixties and shares the experiences of black women working as housekeepers, cooks and nursemaids for white women. Much of the book is told in modified dialect as the women tell their stories to each other and to the unlikely young woman who is cautiously trying to collect the stories into book form.
Now I've told you. Go find it and enjoy -- You're gonna love it too!