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The Help - by Kathryn Stockett

I loved it. The three characters were extraordinary. You could connect with them; they were so true to life. You felt like you knew them so well, you could read their soul. I liked Aibileen, her love for the kids, her ability to hold in her anger, her deep friendships, her being able to trust and most of all her faith and prayer life. She journaled her prayers and her friend said, “People think you got a better connection than most. We all on a party line to God, but you, you setting right in his ear.” “The Help” is full of humor, although heartbreaking at times, but I believe a honest depiction of the life of domestic help in the small rural town of Jackson, Mississippi. It’s about friendship, love, hate, anger, caring and uncaring people, helping people and hurting people. You could see yourself in some of the characters and somehow you felt like you were right there sitting beside them listening in on their conversations, feeling their pain.

There are some real nuggets: “My heart hiccups.”, “That old tree just playing possum.”, “Lately, she been glowing like a firefly she so in love.” 451 pages of pure pleasure. A book you’ll want to share.

Wrapped in Rain --by Charles Martin
I was looking over my old Book Note -Journals and ran across a book I read in September of 2006. Wrapped in Rain -by Charles Martin, I had written a few excerpts from the book that caught my eye and wanted to share them with you.

"If anger ever took root, it latched on, dug in, and choked the life out of whatever heart was carrying it."

"Listen here, Child, that's God's little girl, baggage and all, so don't go judging the cover. He doesn't care what she looks like. He'll take her and us any way he can get us. Just like the woman at the well. Best you switch lenses and start seeing her that way too.

"He let go like he'd just squeezed the guts out of his pet frog. A picture of total fear mixed with complete delight."

"Child, I disciplined you because I loved you. Same, thing with the Lord. He chastises those he loves, you might as well get used to it."

Was your Dad real mean? "Let's just say he really licked the red off my lollipop."

"Not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed as one of these. So don't worry about tomorrow. Each day has enough worry of it own."

"Bury the bitterness and cut away your coffin."

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."

and I love this one: "Life is a battle, but you can't fight it with your fists. You got to fight it with your Heart."

So if you haven't read it, grab a copy of Charles Martin's "Wrapped in Rain," a great author, you'll be glad you did and, if you have had the pleasure of reading it, please give us your comments.