The book, a debut novel by Kathryn Stockett, also comes with a back story that is a publishing dream come true: at first rejected by nearly 50 agents, the manuscript was scooped up by an imprint of Penguin and pushed aggressively to booksellers, who fell in love with it. To jabber - to speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand.“The Help,” a novel about the relationships between African-American maids and their white employers in 1960s Mississippi, has the classic elements of a crowd pleaser: it features several feisty women enmeshed in a page-turning plot, clear villains and a bit of a history lesson.To swat - to hit something hard by suddenly swinging your hand or an object.

To squawk - to shout, scream, or cry in a loud, unpleasant way.

Cranny - a small, narrow opening in something solid.

To nudge - to push something or someone gently, especially to push someone with your elbow(= the middle part of your arm where it bends) to attract the person’s attention.

To huff - to say something in an annoyed or offended way.

Tacky - of cheap quality or in bad style.

To bawl (at sb) - to shout in a very loud voice.

Crib - a small bed for a baby or young child with high barsaround the sides so that the child cannot fall out.

Now, I’d like to share some new vocabulary from this book. It’s almost impossible to believe that something like that could take place in the USA not that long ago. Most of them could hardly make ends meet, even though they worked really hard. Describing everyday life of black maids and their relationships with the white ladies they worked for, the author provides us with clear understanding of how African Americans were treated: they suffered humiliation and offenses, poverty and unemployment. According to the law, segregation was legal blacks were supposed to be inferior to whites in terms of intelligence and morality. The author touches upon the problems common for that time: appalling injustice and mistreatment of African Americans. It enables the readers to look at the events from the point of view of African American maids, Aibileen and Minny, and from the point of view of Skeeter, a young white lady who writes a book collecting stories told by black maids. One of the interesting peculiarities of the book is that there’re several narrators who take turns telling the story.

The book describes life of African Americans working for white people in the 1960s.

Kathryn stocketts the help