Plot Summary (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards

Summer 1962, Jackson, Mississippi

Black maid, 50s, works for Leefolt family, cares for Mae Mobley

To become a writer

Separate bathrooms for Black domestic workers

Exceptional cooking skills

Aibileen's son who died; was writing about Black workers

Interview at least a dozen maids

Chocolate pie with Minny's faeces that Hilly ate

Toilets left at Hilly's house, humiliating her

Loses job but feels liberated, ready for new possibilities