- Ew . . .okay, major spoiler alert here: Minny baked her own poop into a chocolate custard pie and Hilly ate two slices. Gross. Minny did this to get back at Hilly for spreading lies about her and preventing her from getting a new job. Hilly is mean, but I think Minny over-reacted a bit.
- Miss Celia is thankfully getting back to being herself . . .she got out in the yard and chopped down the tree that she hates. I'm glad to see this, I think she's a pretty okay lady, but she was trying way too hard to fit in with Miss Hilly and the "in-crowd".
- The wait is over, Skeeter finally finds out the truth about what happened to Constantine. Constantine had a daughter who was born with lighter skin and was sent north for her safety. She came back to visit Constantine and made kind of a scene with Skeeter's mom's friends and Skeeter's mom fired Constantine over it. Constantine went to live in the north with her daughter and died soon afterwards.
- Skeeter's book is finished and mailed to the publisher . . .the waiting game begins. The pie incident was included as "insurance" that whenever anyone tried to speculate where this took place, Hilly would be sure to lie and say it wasn't Jackson, just so no one would find out she was the one who ate the pie.
- Skeeter's mom isn't doing so well . . .she has decided her stomach cancer won't kill her though.
- Stewart proposes to Skeeter but when she is honest with him and tells him about the book he leaves and doesn't come back (although he does promise not to tell anyone, so that's good at least, but I really had higher hopes for him).
- On a happier note, the book will be published :)
- Aibileen's church quietly recognized her and Skeeter by signing the book and presenting it to Aibileen . . .I thought that was a really nice gesture.
- Miss Lefolt (Elizabeth) is one of the first white women to buy the book after it get reviewed on TV. Uh oh, Celia knows about the pie, what will happen???
- The white ladies are all reading the book now, the repercussions can't be far behind.
- Celia and Mr. Johnny have a talk with Minny and tell her that she can keep her job forever if she wants. Celia told Mr. Johnny about how Minny helped her with the miscarriage and they are both very grateful to her. Leroy (Minny's husband) senses something's up (he is a bad man).
Okay, wow, I love chocolate custard pie, but that was a nasty story. I'm also really sad that Stewart didn't stand behind Skeeter, but I guess it makes the book a little more realistic because there is not always a fairy tale ending in real life. I'm worried about what is going to happen to the people involved in the book (especially the colored ladies) because I think people are going to figure it out despite Hilly's "insurance". We'll see I guess.
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