The Help is set in Mississippi during 1962. It's a heart-warming story about the love between a black maid (Aibileen Clark) and a rich white girl (Skeeter Phelan). Aibileen raised Skeeter like her own child--Skeeter's parents are too busy with other matters. Skeeter never forgot the love she received and uses her skills as a writer to cry out for social justice for the black community. However, this puts Aibileen's life in jeopardy.
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And closer to my Mayne Island home...
On one of our big sister islands, Salt Spring Island, there is a community of African-Americans. Many in this community can trace their family back to escaped slaves. I'm in awe of the courage it took to leave all you know, travel the underground trail way and start a new life in a foreign land.
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Every Goodbye Ain't Gone (book) (on Amazon)
