A review by passionatereader78
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

What an emotional read! Thank Rebecca for this needed book. I can't say I enjoyed it, however I'm Glad I read it. It's shed new light on medical forms and what I sign at doctor offices. This was a heartbreaking story of injustice.  It's well written and everything is explained well. I'm not in the medical or science fields but I understood everything in this book. I will never forget about Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta died from cancer and the doctor used her cells to create new treatments. He even went as far as getting cells from her children. The medical world used her cells for years without her family knowing. This book tells us about Henrietta's life and death. Also what her family went through. 
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