filipsvanbc614

I don't understand all the negative comments surrounding this book. For heaven's sake the author wasn't trying to write an "important treatise on racism." Stockett was simply telling a story, hence the word: novel. This a story about a handful of women trying to navigate the chasm and inequality between the races, women on both sides--whose lives are unavoidably woven together--loving and learning, and overcoming their fears and prejudices in a period of change, a period rife with unfairness and sometimes hatred. I thought it was well-written, brilliantly revealing the challenging period of time and place in which the story was set (Mississippi in the early 60's) through the eyes and voices of three different women. The characterization was nothing less than superb. A really great book!

2020-08-07 23:46