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The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a 2009 novel set in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s, focusing on the lives of Black maids working in white households amidst the civil rights movement. The story is told from the perspectives of three women: Aibileen, an older maid; Minny, her outspoken friend; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a young white woman who aspires to be a writer and aims to document the maids' stories to reveal the injustices they face. Please note that the book contains depictions of racism and the struggles of Black Americans during the civil rights era.