The 15-CD book is told through the eyes of three different characters whose lives are intertwined in Jackson, Miss. I'm on disc two and have heard from two maids, Aibileen and Minny, and now one white woman, Ms. Skeeter, who wants to be a writer. Skeeter got a job at the local Jackson paper, which will lead her to writing a book from the maids' point of view.
I like to think I have an expansive interest in books. From autobiographies to action novels and contemporary to the classics. However, I haven't done much reading of books about the Civil Rights Movement. Not because I don't have an interest, I just haven't. A main theme in the book is that one of Skeeter's friends want to pass legislation that every white home has to have a separate bathroom for the help so they won't catch their diseases. As someone who grew up in a very diverse area and 40 years after the Civil Rights Movement, I couldn't fathom expecting and demanding someone to use a different bathroom because of their skin color. We've come a ways since the 60's, but I know our country isn't perfect yet.