Now this was my kind of book! It was sweet, heart-warming, troublesome, thought provoking and based on historical events.
I usually quote my favorite lines in the books I read, however it was so hard to pick a few! I would have had to fill this whole post with quotes! It was equally as hard to pick a favorite character, although I would consider myself partial to Aibeleen. I connected with her nuturing spirit.
I find myself enjoying historical fiction the most of all genres and would put this book in that category. I love when I learn something from a book, and although this book takes place in the 1960's, just short of when I was born..I know a bit more about that time frame than earlier in the 1900's.
I would super-highly recommend this book for everyone!!
Next book: Benny and Shrimp.
Started it last night and adore it already!! I'm so lucky to be easy to please. :)
I moved right on as I always do to my next book which is "The Help". This book was actually my book club pick for November, but I was trying to get through "Power Of One" so I never got to it. I knew I wanted to read it so I put my name on the hold list at the library. I was shocked when the library called 3 days later to tell me they had it for me and to hear that there is a waiting list of 300 people for this book. So honestly, pick it up...you will love it!
The book is set in the 1960's in the south and is the stories of the black maids and the white families they serve. Amazing to me me is that not all that long ago, these maids were treated like dirt and that all black people were thought to be diseased, dumb and not worth much. However, we live in a world where wars are started for the color of skin, religion and beliefs. Can't we all just get along? Our great country was built on the desire to be free and that all men are created equal.
I am nearly half of the way done and I am loving the way the story is being told by Kathryn Stockett the author. Will check back in when I'm finished!
Ehhh...if this blog thing is going to work I need to be better at posting! You know how it is when life gets in the way and the next thing you know a week, or two has passed.
So go back with me 3 weeks ago to "Handle With Care". I was so very excited to get my hands on this book! Jodi wrote this book very differently~each chapter was written in one of the characters perspectives to the main character, Willow. I loved it! We read through all of their eyes.. the same situation is told and retold...as with life. Just because you had a conversation with a friend and you heard one thing, they might have a different take on what your conversation was. Fascinating!
I identified with all the characters and although I may not have agreed with them all the time, it was easy to see myself in their shoes. Wife, Mother, Friend, Daughter, Sister even Husband. With a heavy heart I read with the Sisters' voice and wanted to save her. And as the Mother I felt her struggles in the pit of my stomach. I have friends who have children with special needs and I have such compassion for them as people knowing a bit about what they go through everyday. God has a special place in his heart for those women, and families.
I loved each character for who they were as individuals and was devoted to their story. Although I will admit, I was a little peeved at the ending. I'm not necessairily the type of person who likes things all tied up with a bow at the end of a book or movie..but this one just didn't seem fair. I had to remind myself that life isn't fair...a lesson I don't know if we ever learn no matter how old we are.
