The first time I heard of The Help was from the owner of Between the Covers in Bend, OR. Her description was so enticing I couldn’t wait to read it. Then the bookseller realized that she had told so many people about the book, she sold them all. That is the quintessential history of this book, one person telling another how much she likes it. I wish I had a dollar for every time a bookseller or reader recommended this book to me. (I always respond, “I enjoyed The Help, if you liked it, then read The Well and the Mine also.) In record speed, The Help is a movie. In fact, it felt like the movie raced the paperback. Kathryn Stockett and Tate Taylor discuss the very un-Hollywood development of the movie on KCRW’s ‘The Business.’ It’s an interview that will leave you with a smile.
The movie is released on National Book Lovers Day. Nice to know we have our own day! Grab your book loving friends and go together, mine is meeting at the theater tomorrow night for a mid-summer night out.
Claire
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