It's impossible to know what she felt like, going home to her house, turning on her black-and-white TV. It was like talking directly to her, showing her that I was trying to understand, even though I would never claim to know what that experience was like. I started writing in her voice because it felt really soothing. Maybe when 9/11 occurred and I was in downtown New York, maybe that's the closest I'll ever be to understanding that sadness.Īs a child of divorced parents growing up in Mississippi in the 1970s, you were partly raised by a black maid employed by your grandparents. I've always felt that Aibileen had this really deep sadness that I would never understand, being a privileged, spoilt little white girl. It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad. You started writing The Help the day after 9/11.
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