Tracy S. (Bernelli) reviewed on 6/27/2011 + 266 more book reviews

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How can a book about cellular research be such a page turner? The author wove the story about Hela cells into the story about the involuntary donor of the cells, Henrietta Lacks, in a way to make it impossible to get the Lacks family out of my head. The family suffered such a terrible loss during a time when medical standards and procedures put little thought or care into the patient or the patient's family...and even less if they were black. This is an incredible story told in an incredible way, and I highly recommend this story to everyone because there is no one alive today who has not benefited in some way from Henrietta's cells.

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