One woman will live forever through a part of her stolen by doctors in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Before I read this book, I had never heard of Henrietta Lacks. Have you?

From what I understand, it’s a mixed bag. Some people have heard of her, and some people haven’t, but there isn’t a clear distinction as to why her name isn’t on more peoples’ lips. Is it a lack of interest in science? History? Rights?

For those of you who don’t know, Henrietta Lacks was an African American tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her knowledge by a doctor while undergoing cancer treatment at Johns...