A Little Help with Spring Reading

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the grass hasn't rebounded yet - in other words, it's the perfect time to relax in a lawn chair and read unaccompanied by the roar of lawnmower beasts. Enjoy it; it won't last long. A quick read to make the most of this time: The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Employing three female narrators to describe Mississippi race relations in 1962, Stockett delivers a novel that rings true. The women - two experienced domestics and a recent (white) graduate of Ole Miss, make the story anything but dry. Surprisingly, it's not bitter either,  although it could've been. The paperback isn't available until January (2011) so grab it from your local library and dig in. The grass is growing...