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Wow. Without a doubt the best non-fiction book I have ever read.
Rebecca does an incredible poetic, journalistic job of alternating between the medical advances and core family story of Henrietta Lacks.
This story forces you to reflect on the disturbing unethical history of medical practices, research procedures, the exploitation of Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged people in the United States.
This was absolutely beautiful, moving, and thought provoking. Without a doubt a book that will a ...more
Rebecca does an incredible poetic, journalistic job of alternating between the medical advances and core family story of Henrietta Lacks.
This story forces you to reflect on the disturbing unethical history of medical practices, research procedures, the exploitation of Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged people in the United States.
This was absolutely beautiful, moving, and thought provoking. Without a doubt a book that will a ...more
Wishing I had purchased the book so I could annotate and mark up as much as I wanted too. And so I could loan it to every person I know. That book was so eye opening. The author did a fantastic job of telling the facts and incorporating the family history. If you want a non-fiction that reads like a novel, this book is for you.
The thing I couldn’t stop thinking this whole book was “Progress, but at what cost?”. Does leaps and bounds in the research field legitimize the exploitation of one family? It also brought about the difference to me between informed consent and educated consent, and that Henrietta was given neither. This is a book I will keep close to my heart.
Not what I thought this would be at all. A beautiful story of the whole Lacks family. Rebecca told their story so beautifully. I will talk about this book for a long time and recommend to everyone. I loved it.
Heartbreakingly beautiful. I appreciated this book. Skloot did a great job writing about the Lacks family. A broad spectrum of emotions were felt throughout the story, it will make you think, and cry, and yell. I’ll put it on my re-read pile.
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Bailee Carpenter
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