We follow the story of three women; Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan, a  young white woman who recently came home from college with big dreams of becoming a writer, and two African-American maids, Aibileen and Minny, who have been working for white households their whole life. Though they are scared, they wish for change. Three women, whose lives are woven together by strings controlled by faith and stories from a lost time. Together, they make stand towards the everyday injustice that they face everyday. You do get the feeling that Skeeter only has things to gain from this cooperation, and I think this contributes to feeling this novel has a white-savior complex... I did enjoy reading their interactions and the story itself, but the book forgets to show that Aibileen and Minny are taking far bigger risks than Skeeter is...