Kathryn Stockett's award winning novel tak es place in Jackson\, Mississippi in 1963 and tells the story of a young w hite aspiring journalist\, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan\, and her relationship with two black maids\, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson. In her attempt t o become a legitimate journalist\, Skeeter writes a tell-all book about wo rk as a black maid in the South\, exposing the racism black maids face as they work for white families. Stockett's debut bestselling novel was the b asis for the Academy Award-winning film&mdash\;a timeless and universal st ory about the lines we abide by\, and the ones we don&rsquo\;t&mdash\;nomi nated as one of America&rsquo\;s best-loved novels by PBS&rsquo\;s \;T he Great American Read.
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