false 2446328 2940640 Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (available Feb 2, 2010) is a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick for Spring 2010. You can follow the book's Facebook page here. The book's goodreads page can be found here, with advance praise and more information.

Skloot specializes in narrative storytelling about science & medicine, but is known to cover a wide range of topics, including bioethics, food politics, and guide miniature horses for the blind. Her work has been anthologized in The Best Food Writing, The Best Creative Nonfiction, & others. For more info, visit her website, & follow her on Twitter, & Facebook. ]]> F The United States 06/2009 12/2009 2518231 Lizzie Skurnick 142270 Lev Grossman 45374 Susan Orlean 13929 Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 172008 Brendan I. Koerner 1186184 Paul Tough 135 68 61 true 5684319 read 3 true 5294911 currently-reading 4 true 5294910 to-read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover) by Rebecca Skloot]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73594139 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1254806210s/6493208.jpg 2446328 Rebecca Skloot http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260037961p2/2446328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2446328-rebecca-skloot Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:19:55 -0700 Please Excuse My Daughter: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Julie Klam]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73594123 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31tOwngm8ML._SL75_.jpg 2446328 Rebecca Skloot http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260037961p2/2446328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2446328-rebecca-skloot Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:19:36 -0700 The Magicians (Hardcover) by Lev Grossman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73594087 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681445s/6101718.jpg 2446328 Rebecca Skloot http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260037961p2/2446328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2446328-rebecca-skloot Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:18:45 -0700 Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future (Hardcover) by Chris Mooney]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60841654 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238441665s/5741758.jpg 2446328 Rebecca Skloot http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260037961p2/2446328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2446328-rebecca-skloot Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:14:03 -0700 Shelf Discovery (Paperback) by Lizzie Skurnick]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60714717 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792799s/5644891.jpg 2446328 Rebecca Skloot http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260037961p2/2446328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2446328-rebecca-skloot Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:11:04 -0700