 
 A young white woman, Eugenia `Skeeter' Phelan, decides to write a book from the point of view of a pair of black domestic workers after becoming uncomfortable with her white friends' attitudes.

 
 A young white woman, Eugenia `Skeeter' Phelan, decides to write a book from the point of view of a pair of black domestic workers after becoming uncomfortable with her white friends' attitudes.