tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470515437901942779.post6077820914390993879..comments2021-04-25T10:33:17.646-04:00Comments on The Plumsock Road Book Club: The HelpElizabeth Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02019916259737155294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470515437901942779.post-51969524776180518862010-09-23T11:24:56.901-04:002010-09-23T11:24:56.901-04:00I also read this book earlier this summer, and whi...I also read this book earlier this summer, and while I felt a bit ambivalent about the story itself (I couldn’t quite get over my discomfort with the white author’s portrayal of the experience of the black maids, as you mentioned in your post), I did enjoy it very much and thought it was an extremely thought provoking book. I find it endlessly fascinating to consider that people in historical oppressed/oppressor roles must have negotiated their relationships on a personal level in such a variety of ways. I feel the same intrigue in thinking about how wives and husbands may have interacted either in the past or currently in other places in the world. There was a huge power imbalance on a legal and cultural level, but who knows what went on behind closed doors!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979884842141727070noreply@blogger.com