好久没有这么纯粹被情节吸引地去看书了,人物立体饱满,情节抓人。和朋友讨论了一下电影的情节,发现改编并不算成功。书里对于视角的设置首先就很合理,既然标题是the help,理所应当是help们做主角。Aibi和minny对照设置也很用心,一个是相对平和温柔年龄较大的help,能充满爱... (展开) ...
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The Help: Directed by Tate Taylor. With Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer. An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the whi
BookReview Section: The Strength in Us; Self-Help Groups in the Modern World, by Alfred H. Katz and Eugene I. Bender,editors. New York: New Viewpoints, 1976. 258 pp. $12.50 hard cover, $6.95 paperback. Explorations in Self-Help and Mutual Aid, by Leonard D. Borman, editor. Evanston...
The Help was a very moving book to me. It opened doors for many conversations with my mother and friends about their experiences growing up in the south. I loved the film and cried like a baby. It is very moving on many levels. Excellent acting by all. ...
BOOK REVIEWS; Doing it by the book: Reading about game might help yours.(SPECIAL)doi:10.1080/00220387308421470Armstrong, RobertArrowsmith, James M.Subbarao, K.Parkinson, Brien K.Journal of Development Studies
Manuscript help, book reviews and author interviews Guest Review by Bhupinder ‘Bo’ Singh: From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks (Published as received) This book by Arthur Brooks, a Harvard University Professor can be categorized as a Self-Help book, but it is refreshingly different ...
Edgar Cayce became known as "the sleeping prophet" because he provided information to people seeking his help after putting himself in a trance. This modest man, who died in 1945, gave "life readings" to people in which he told them of past lives, often lives in ancient Atlantis. Many b...