Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and recently lost her only son. Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's financial struggles and her desperate need for work. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who recently moved back home after graduating college to find her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. Three stories intersect to show how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the assistance," but they are kept at a remove due to race.
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Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and recently lost her only son. Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's financial struggles and her desperate need for work. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who recently moved back home after graduating college to find her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. Three stories intersect to show how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the assistance," but they are kept at a remove due to race.
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