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This is one of those books that once I read it I wanted everyone I know to read it too. It's very well written and it covers so much - history, science, emotional life, spirituality, race relations, journalism and more. I was drawn in and enriched by reading this book. Thank you, Rebecca Skloot.
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An amazing and emotional book, story, memory, novel, research piece, and everything in between
Fascinating! Learned a lot about science as well as the family of Henrietta - very interesting and got connected to characters. A must-read!
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is about Henrietta Lacks and her descendants as well as the impact of her HeLa cells on the study of medicine
Thoughts while reading:
-I have heard of Henrietta Lacks and the Hela cells, but it’s quite interesting to learn more about her life. I feel like so much of medical science has a history of so much suffering and erasure of the people that contributed to it. Hearing the parts of how much pain Henrietta was in made me so sad for her
-It’s horrible that Henrietta’s family was never informed about what happened to her cells or never had any compensation for it
-David didn’t sound like a good husband to Henrietta nor a good father, but I hated Ethel who abused the children
-I liked how that one researcher showed Deborah and Zakariyya the cells and agreed that they should have been compensated. It was a really touching moment
-The hardship that the Lacks family suffered makes me so sad (the fact that they can’t even see a doctor because they can’t afford it, or that they can’t afford medication). The system is so broken
-Interesting that to this day, there’s still uncertainty of how to handle consent and donor cells
This was a compelling read, and I found both the science and the Lacks family very interesting. I liked seeing the deepening relationship between the author and the family as they made their discoveries. I would give it a 4.5 out of 5 because it was a gripping and emotional story
Thoughts while reading:
-I have heard of Henrietta Lacks and the Hela cells, but it’s quite interesting to learn more about her life. I feel like so much of medical science has a history of so much suffering and erasure of the people that contributed to it. Hearing the parts of how much pain Henrietta was in made me so sad for her
-It’s horrible that Henrietta’s family was never informed about what happened to her cells or never had any compensation for it
-David didn’t sound like a good husband to Henrietta nor a good father, but I hated Ethel who abused the children
-I liked how that one researcher showed Deborah and Zakariyya the cells and agreed that they should have been compensated. It was a really touching moment
-The hardship that the Lacks family suffered makes me so sad (the fact that they can’t even see a doctor because they can’t afford it, or that they can’t afford medication). The system is so broken
-Interesting that to this day, there’s still uncertainty of how to handle consent and donor cells
This was a compelling read, and I found both the science and the Lacks family very interesting. I liked seeing the deepening relationship between the author and the family as they made their discoveries. I would give it a 4.5 out of 5 because it was a gripping and emotional story
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