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Originally Posted by LELANDJANE
Saw the movie yesterday and really liked it. I read the book right after it came out, but it seemed like except for a few things, the movie followed the book pretty closely. I missed the part about Skeeter's boyfriend's "uppity" family dinner.
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I loved the book as well........and am actually up to the part where Skeeter's boyfriend's "uppity" family dinner is taking place. Reading it on the Kindle.
It's a really good book. In the beginning, I thought, "Oh my gosh...I have to read it in this southern maid's speech pattern......." but then got right into it and chuckled all along.......feeling her every word. One in a million book.
I can relate to a lot of the book as far as the "silent" division between the races in New Jersey in the 1960's.....which then came to a head with the notorious riots as we were returning from our honeymoon in 1965. When traveling in the "south" was the first time we saw the white and black restrooms, white and black water fountains, etc. Obviously, never lived in Mississippi and never had any "help".
My family was not racist but my husband's was and thus, I did not invite to our wedding a nice gal who worked with me in the secretarial pool.....although she was lovely, a college educated gal from North Carolina........it was just "NOT DONE". Actually, I had a nice little black girlfriend in 1st grade......and my mom had friends at work as well. She was not prejudiced.
I can so relate to this book............although we never had a maid but just the general atmosphere of the times.........
Also, all of our mannikins in the "downtown" or "uptown" department stores were all white..........after the riots, they became black. I had never seen an "Ebony" magazine until sitting in my eye doctor's office and was surprised to see all the black folks depicted in the ads. We truly grew up in an all white world. Times have changed......this is just a memory from the past.
I realize the south was totally different than growing up in New Jersey.
GREAT BOOK. Can't wait to see the movie.