August 8, 2011 • Category: Blog
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The current issue of Entertainment Weekly (August 12) has a wonderful cover story on The Help, the blockbuster book that was made into a movie, opening soon. As part of the photo-heavy spread, Entertainment Weekly asked Algonquin author Martha Southgate, whose new novel The Taste of Salt publishes 9/27, to write about the book. Her piece is below. Be sure to pick up a copy of the magazine–one of our favorites around here–on newsstands now.
Tags: civil rights, Entertainment Weekly, Kathryn Stockett, Martha Southgate, racial issues, The Help, The Taste of Salt
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Jen Fife-Adams says...
I totally sympathize with Martha Southgate’s view of The Help. That being said, when this title was discussed in my book group last fall, I was amazed to find out that the dynamics of the black-white relationship was big news to one of my fellow members. She was a white woman who had never heard or thought about how black women might have had a love-hate relationship with their charges. I’m grateful to that book for opening up her mind even just a tiny bit, even if I felt lukewarm about the writing and the story.
August 12, 2011@ 6:12 PMSandra Lee says...
Well said. In fact, this is the reason I resisted reading the book in te first place. I should say I resisted finishing the book.
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