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A review by micklesreads
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book was fascinating and really centered the Lacks family, which I loved. I sometimes felt like the descriptions of Deborah were exploitative; I would like to have seen more nuance there.
Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent