Every year a new title is selected for this regional reading campaign.

The title is announced in August. In October the campaign kicks off with special events, author talks and book discussions hosted at area libraries to celebrate reading the title.

Each year’s selection is available at your local library and at most area bookstores. Are you reading?

2011 One Book One Community Selection:

In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women–black and white, mothers and daughters–view one another.  The book’s film adaptation is currently in theaters making this a timely choice for the OBOC campaign.  Have you read it yet?

The Help was Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel that proved to be a massively popular best seller selling millions of copies.  Originally published in 2009, the book’s film adaptation was released in theaters in 2011 and has proved as popular as the book.

Stockett was born in Jackson, Mississippi.  After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and Creative Writing, she moved to New York City where she spent nearly a decade working in the magazine publishing and marketing industry.  Today she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.

Visit our online catalog to borrow a copy of The Help.

Visit the One Book, One Community website for program information, reading guides, and much more!