Daily Archives: October 4, 2016

The Help

Has anybody read The Help by Kathryn Stockett? I’m reading it now, and I haven’t seen the movie (book first always).

I put the TV in the fireplace!  I usually move the fireplace screen when we're watching...

I put the TV in the fireplace! I usually move the fireplace screen when we’re watching…

I’m getting really nervous that this book is not going to end well. Because Mississippi and Civil Rights and Medger Evers just got shot and so I’m feeling a little panicky about the safety of these women.

Just had to get that out there.

I finished the hat and then mailed it before I took a picture.

Edited to add: I just this minute finished and I’m glad I kept reading. I am grateful to the author for letting her story end well – not happily, just well. That’s not a spoiler – it’s just encouragement for when you start to get nervous about bravery. 10-5-2016