Set in in the early 1960s in Mississippi, The Help by Kathryn Stockett is about three very different women. Minny and Aibileen are black maids who work for the white families' homes. Third one is Skeeter, a white woman who wants to be a writer. She has been brought up by black maids. She starts writing a book about the dreadful life of the black lady maids that every white family has working for them. The three women come together for a project that will put them all at risk. Skeeter writes their stories about mistreatment, abuse and heartbreaks. Ranging emotions from sadness to happiness, read this engaging and informative novel about lives in any racial segregated society.