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Oh, I just picked this up at the library, glad to see it so positively marked on your list!

I loved it! Another goodreads friend absolutely despised it. It has been through approximately 35 print runs. Here's an excerpt from the NYT review:
"A brief word now about Ms. Stockett: When she moved to New York City from Jackson, she came to understand how deeply ambivalent she felt about her roots. If a New Yorker told her that Jackson must be beautiful, she would say it was fraught with crime. But if a New Yorker spoke contemptuously about Jackson, Ms. Stockett would rise to its defense. “Mississippi is like my mother,� she writes in an afterword to “The Help.� And you will see, after your wrestling match with this problematic but ultimately winning novel, that when it comes to the love-hate familial bond between Ms. Stockett and her subject matter, she’s telling the truth."
Problematic? Yes. Winning? Absolutely.