Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2009)

A black maid named Aibileen in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi finds herself unable to bite her tongue. Aibileen’s friend Minny is a gossip, but she’s now forced to keep unbelievable secrets about her employer. Socialite Skeeter just graduated college; despite her ambition, she’s husbandless and considered a failure for it.

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