Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Just a fascinating book following the history of HeLa cells and how the donor's family was impacted by it all. The author conducted massive amounts of interviews and extensive research in the writing of this book. So many ethical questions were raised. I'm looking forward to the discussion at my book group on this one. And some of the real-life characters in the book..... well, let's just say they are real unique characters. -June
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Understand why NY Times (or somebody) listed this as the Best Non-Fiction Book of 2010. To me, it read better than most "non-fictions" and perhaps that is because so much of it staggers the imagination and is outrageous in its truth.!
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