Rating: 5 out of 5

An engaging, excellent tale following a few years in the lives of three extremely strong women. The characters are well defined and have a real depth, the story progresses at a pleasing rate and I found myself totally engrossed in it. A wonderful read that I wanted to just keep going.

Highlighted passages:

I was surprise to see the world didn’t stop just cause my boy did.

We all on a party line to God, but you, you setting right in his ear.”

I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain’t a color, disease ain’t the Negro side a town. I want to stop that moment from coming-and it come in ever white child’s life-when they start to think that colored folks ain’t as good as whites.

The Board shall maintain a separate building on separate grounds for the instruction of all blind persons of the colored race.

That’s what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they’ll fit right in your pocket.

enough costume jewelry for a whole family of hookers,

We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.

Originally posted to my Goodreads account