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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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 Posted - Mar 19 2010 : 09:37:20 AM
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450 pages of goooood book.
I started it 2 days ago and finishhed it today around noon. Still in my pjs. I couldn't put it down
It is about the Civil Rights movement, Jackson, Mississippi, 1962 and a young woman who convinces the maids in town to tell their sstories about being the help.
Eye opening and although it is fiction so much rings true.
This is one terrific read and I understand it has already been optioned for a movie.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.artfire.com
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2010 : 11:38:06 AM
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Didn't you just love it?! I listened to it on my ipod. Each part was read by a different woman. I was sad when it was over. Hope they do make a movie of it.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2010 : 06:38:35 AM
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Wasn't it a wonderful book. I listened to it on cd and didn't want it to end either. I loved Miss Celia and her quirkiness. I would love to meet Abilene (sp).
Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2010 : 09:08:13 AM
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Thanks for the recommendation - I think I saw this advertised somewhere and meant to check it out. I always go with farmgirl reviews:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Lindsay C
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Lindsay
Rogersville
AL
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 12:09:44 AM
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I loved this book! I was hesitant to start it because I had read that the accents throughout the book were very distracting. But, even being Southern, I was not put-off by the accents (which I didn't find offensive). I couldn't put it down, and I highly recommend it.
Lindsay
Farmgirl Sister #1452 |
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NancyM
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Nancy
Fall City
WA
113 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2010 : 9:39:35 PM
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I LOVED this book-couldn't put it down, which is rare. I recommended it to my bookclub, but by the time we got it on our list there were around 500 hold on it at the library, so we're going to have to wait.
Nancy
Farmgirl Sister #159 |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2010 : 08:52:58 AM
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My book club is discussing The Help tomorrow night, and it's a first because we rarely choose any title still in hardcover (hard to get at the library and more expensive to buy, but we heard so many great things about the book we decided to read it this month. I read it AND listened to it on CD, as some of you have, and the characters really come alive in the readings. The dialect is easier to read in this novel than in most set in the South (us Northerners always have a problem with that!), and I liked the way the characters (black and white) come to the realization that racism existed in everyone's minds (maid and mistress alike). I do hope they make a movie, but something along the lines of The Secret Life of Bees, with character actors and actresses and not Julia Roberts! Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
975 Posts
Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
975 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2010 : 10:57:05 AM
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Thanks for the recommendation... I'm going to look into it. I need a good summer read, but by the way it sounds, I'll be finished within a few days!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
933 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2010 : 03:41:57 AM
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This sounds good Michele! I just put it on hold at my library to read. Thanks for the recommendation !
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
Nothing we achieve in this world is achieved alone. It is always achieved with others teaching us along the way. Lee J. Colan
http://theviewfromhere-brenda.blogspot.com/ |
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KanMogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Katherine
Rock
Kansas
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2010 : 5:20:34 PM
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I just finished reading The Help.
I would rather wear out than rust out.----Richard Cumberland |
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Morning
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Laura
Albuquerque
NM
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 06:55:40 AM
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| We read this book for my book club and everyone agreed that it was a great read. |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
1406 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 07:10:07 AM
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Very good read. I liked the short chapters too, but once I really got into it I could hardly put it down. The librarian told me the wait list for it right now is at 152!
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting them in a fruit salad!
Farmgirl #680! |
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Dawn
Easton
MD
166 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 08:15:01 AM
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I'm reading it now and enjoying it.
Sewing, knitting, gardening mom of 5. |
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
975 Posts
Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
975 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 2:52:29 PM
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I finished this book a few days ago... Loved every page of it, didn't want it to end!!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
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tea_lady_tammy
True Blue Farmgirl
1485 Posts
Tammy
NE
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2010 : 9:34:12 PM
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I have it on my ebook wishlist. Read a sample and I liked what I read of it so far.
blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
http://breathsoffaith.blogspot.com
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2010 : 1:11:40 PM
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Michele:
I just ordered that book last night. I cannot wait to read it now. Thanks for the recommendation.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
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