Biography & Memoir· United States
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca SklootAggregate Editorial Score44/100
Goodreads Choice Award
Published 2010381 pagesEnglish
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Published in 2010, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks established Rebecca Skloot as one of the defining voices in biography & memoir. Skloot investigates the HeLa cells—taken from an African American cancer patient in 1951 without her consent and grown in labs ever since—and the family she left behind. A fascinating exploration of race, medical ethics, and the commodification of the human body. Themes of race, medical ethics, consent run through the work. The book has received recognition from Goodreads Choice Award 2010.
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Goodreads Choice Award
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