I saw an entertainment blurb on television one night with Sarah Jessica Parker holding this book so I looked it up and couldn't resist buying it.  I'm glad I did.This is the unique coming of age story of Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, just home from college in 1962, anxious to become a writer, who is advised by a New York editor to hone her skills by writing "about what disturbs you." And at this particular time in her life, she is disturbed by the plight of the black maids in the early 1960's in Jackson, Mississippi who raise their employer's children, yet are treated as criminals if so much as a silver spoon gets misplaced.I have to say that Ms. Stockett had the prissy, holier-than-thou Jr. League ladies down to a tee.  The story is full of tears, laughter and triumph as Skeeter weaves her way through a miasma of roadblocks to gain the trust and loyalty of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers.  The incident which is the ultimate payback by Minny to her mean, evil employer's daughter, Miss Hilly, is so shocking, funny and distasteful that it literally made me gasp when I read it, then laugh out loud.  Miss Hilly is the president of the Jr. League and got exactly what she deserved, I must say.It's been a long time since I've read a novel that left me feeling this satisfied and glowing.  There's absolutely nothing like a great story, well-told!  I'd give this book ten stars if I could!! 

Question: Do children have a story?
Answer: left me feeling this satisfied and glowing