Couldn't put it down, it was engrossing and powerful writing.
I'm not from the south, as in having grown up there but obviously the writer was deeply ingrained in living life with 'help' coming in daily to cook, clean and care for children. The 'help' seem to have done quite a bit of living with white families as workers but also it was a part of their own lives.
One of the maids is very clever in teaching a toddler from the time she can talk how it's wrong to judge people by their skin color and when reading that I wonder why ALL the 'help' weren't changing the south in the same way as a means of forwarding their own cause and to help the next generation be more tolerant. Seems simple enough to work with the children they raise to learn to love each other no matter the color. To encourage change so simply seems obvious but I suppose it would have been dangerous if they were exposed by some of the more conservative families.
I really enjoyed the book and recommend reading it.
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