It is hard to believe there was a time when people were so irrationally afraid of other people just because of their colour that they even built different toilets for them to use. Ironically, they did not hesitate in giving them their house keys, their babies to raise or eat the food they cooked. This book tells the story of two black maids, Aibileen and Minny, living in Mississipi in the 60s. Skeeter is a white young woman that comes back home to realise her maid is mysteriously gone but her hometown stayed the same, while she changed so much. Skeeter and the two maids do not want to change the world, but together they want to leave their mark in it and hopefully it will eventually change somebody else's world.

I really enjoyed this book, I was very surprised at how compelling it is being quite long. There is always something happening and the atmosphere of doom hangs in the air, which helps to capture our attention. The only story that felt a bit odd was Constantine's, everything else is just perfect.