The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)

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The Help (Movie Tie-In)

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The Help (Movie Tie-In) - bagbigbook. The Help is a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett. It is about African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s. The novel is told from the point of view of three narrators: Aibileen Clark, a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children, and who has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson, an African-American maid whose back-talk towards her employers results in her having to frequently change jobs, exacerbating her desperate need for work as well as her family's struggle with money; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a young white woman and recent college graduate who, after moving back home, discovers that a maid that helped raise her since childhood has abruptly disappeared and her attempts to find her have come to naught. - bagbigbook
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Product Details
# Paperback: 544 pages
# Publisher: Berkley Trade; Mti edition (June 28, 2011)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0425245136
# ISBN-13: 978-0425245132
# Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 1.2 inches 

The Help (Movie Tie-In)