Lawsuit Claims 'The Help' Author Stole Her Character from Her Help (The Atlantic Wire)

The Atlantic Wire - Kathryn Stockett's book "The Help"--which explores the friendship between a young white woman and two black maids in segregated,
1960s-era Mississippi--is a critically acclaimed bestseller with a movie spin-off due out this summer. But
Ablene Cooper, who was the longtime babysitter for Stockett's brother, says the novel's success has come
at her expense.

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