She enlists the help of Aibileen Clark and has her start asking around for maids who want to write a tell all about what it is really like to work as a black maid in the homes of the South. First up is Aibileen's hair-trigger tempered friend Minny Jackson, who is known as the sassiest, loudest mouth in town, but is also known for her wonderful pies. After a while, Skeeter has a whole lineup of maids wanting to talk. She interviews them and says that she will change the name of all who are involved to protect their identities. When the book is published and everyone starts reading it, they all try and figure out if this place in the story, listed as Niceville, Mississippi, is a real life place and the people are real.
