Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks [2011] paperback Condition:New to a profession

to a profession

But as their journey unfolds

'Brilliantly twisty

copious fresh information and many insights

John Manners

Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks [2011] paperback Condition:New to a professionHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells taken without her knowledge became a multimillion dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . . Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one