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Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks (2010)

by Rebecca Skloot(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Pan Macmillan

review 1: Excellent. Fast-paced, fascinating, and beautifully rendered. This book is a labor of love for the author, who took a burning curiosity from one off-color sidenote in a college biology lecture and turned it into a page-turner. The book lies at the intersection of medicine, science, pseudoscience, ethics, race, religion, belief, family drama, and writerly guts. Despite the dialogue being clunky sometimes (realistic nonfiction dialogue sacrifices quotes/reality for interest and pacing sometimes), the science was explained correctly and passionately, and the family of Henrietta Lacks was portrayed complexly and compassionately. Hats of to Rebecca Skloot!
review 2: This book was a huge surprise, I thought it was a novel and was floored after one chapter. The story... more is amazing. Skloot is a wonderful researcher and gifted writer as she navigates the story through medical history and the Lacks family history. I closed the book wanting to discuss the ethical issues the book brought up with everyone. If you enjoy science or care about social justice this book is a must read. less

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