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    A Conversation with Kathryn Stockett: The Help

    A Conversation with Kathryn Stockett: The Help

    Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

    May 13, 2011


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    Mississippi-born Kathryn Stockett's debut novel, The Help, examines the complex relationship between white Southern families and their black domestic servants in the 1960s. A story of social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide, the book highlights the conditions of black servitude—a century after the Civil War. The book was a No. 1 New York Times Best Seller and has been on the New York Times Best Sellers list for more than 100 consecutive weeks. A movie based on The Help, directed by Stockett’s childhood friend and fellow Mississippian Tate Taylor, will be released in August 2011 by DreamWorks Studios.


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        Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

        1901 Vine Street
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        Dates:
        May 13, 2011

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        7:30 pm

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