The buzz surrounding the movie adaptation of The Help has me actually thinking about going to the movie theater. It's been about 5 years since I have gone so it might be time (I even hear they're a bit fancier now). I really enjoyed the book, and typically I am leery of adaptations, but this one has promise. I heard an interesting interview with Octavia Spenser, the actress who plays Minny, on All Things Considered, and the marketing is starting to work. Have you seen it yet?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Help
The buzz surrounding the movie adaptation of The Help has me actually thinking about going to the movie theater. It's been about 5 years since I have gone so it might be time (I even hear they're a bit fancier now). I really enjoyed the book, and typically I am leery of adaptations, but this one has promise. I heard an interesting interview with Octavia Spenser, the actress who plays Minny, on All Things Considered, and the marketing is starting to work. Have you seen it yet?
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I LOVED this book. I mean I LOVED this book. I could not put it down, and when I had to, I was thinking about the characters and could not wait until I had time to read again.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the South in the 60's and my whole neighborhood had housekeepers or "Help". We had someone who worked for us, we called her Nursey, and she was my friend, and my caretaker. After my parents got divorced, she was my rock. This is way to personal, but my stepmother was a witch, and when I think what Nursey had to put up with to stay with me and my sisters, to help take care of us, I just don't know how to express it. She did not leave because of us kids. This book gave me so much to think about and brought up so many feelings, so many good, and so so many not so good.
I'm grateful when I think about the last conversation I had with Nursey before she died, I was married already, living out of town, and I talked to her on the phone. I was able to tell her I loved her and to say thanks for everything she did for me. Was it enough, did it matter? Who knows, but I'm glad it was said.
This is such a beautifully written book, so absorbing..and I don't know how else to describe it. But I do want to say thanks to Ms. Stockett for this wonderful book, that even though I closed it the other day, I cannot quit thinking about.
By the way, I read this on Kindle, and I have decided to buy a hardback copy as well to put on my bookshelves with all my other favorites. I find it hard to believe this is her debut work, I look forward to whatever else Ms. Stockett has to offer us, she is a wonderful storyteller.