The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South by Chip Jones

The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South

Chip Jones

400 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health history science challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, on...

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informative 93%
dark 51%
challenging 44%
reflective 41%
sad 37%
emotional 24%
tense 20%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 3%

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slow 48%

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