I have just received a first hand account from my spouse about the book. She was quite informative about Minnie and her departing quickly before the lady of the house's husband came home . She will see the movie this Sunday with my daughter. It is nice to get your views on this. Any way things have improved vastly in these kind of situations. My spouse says it is a story about the abuse of power by one person.
Oprah has lots of white folks working for her. You will have to be patient with some of us. I will still stick to my original views however.
Free Republic great to have divergent opinions without getting upset at another opinion.
For the purposes of the story, she's right. Hilly is the "Queen Bee", and the ladies of the Junior League who want to be accepted by her, know they cross her at their peril. There's a definite societal stratification going on, not just a race thing, though that is most prevalent here, simply because all of the 'help' is black in early 60s Mississippi.