In My Brain Today: The Help
By Leslie Lindsay When the book, The Help (Kathryn Stockett, Berkeley, 2009) first came out a couple of years ago, I’ll admit–I didn’t really have much interest in reading it. I was in the midst of running around like a chicken-with-her-head cut off raising two little girls then 2 and 4 years old. Like I had time to read. Pfff…it was more like me who needed the help. But now I am in the middle of the book. (Well, not exactly the middle). And I love it!! I can’t get enough. It makes me want to read all day. (Of course, duty calls and I can’t). But I am utterly amazed at how author Kathryn Stockett can weave together the lives and stories of these southern women. It makes you feel like you’re right there alongside of them like a fly on the wall. Not only does the author bring you right into the colorful world of Aibileen, Hilly, Celia, Millie…she breathes life into their voices. Her point-of-view is absolutely to die for; those …