The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in Reading with Style

Sep 15, 2014 Rosemary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed this more than I expected. It's been such a hit on Goodreads, I was suspicious, but when it was the Kindle Daily Deal I decided to go for it.

I loved the parts about Henrietta herself, her life and death in the early 1950s, and her elder daughter Elsie who ended up in a terrible asylum when Henrietta could no longer look after her. There was just the right amount of science for me, too - enough to understand what happened, without feeling swamped by facts.

I was less sure about the part ...more

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Nov 05, 2017 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ rated it it was amazing

i enjoyed learning what i learned in this book. if it hadn't have been for me reading this with my book club, i may not have read it so i am happy that we came across it. parts are sad, parts make you smile, parts may you think....great biography! ...more

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Nov 07, 2020 Connie Anne Kikta rated it liked it

Shelves: listened-to-audio-book

Super interesting book. I just wish there was more about the family and not so much medical talk.

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Nov 13, 2011 Steven rated it really liked it

Shelves: american-classics, non-fiction, 100-books-you-should-read

This is a new classic book for those interested in history. Alternating between the history of cell growth developement and the history and the lacks family was a great way to tell a story like this. The way research took off and helped so many people while the lacks family struggled to get by. The only draw back for me was that I wish there was more scientific depth to the the history of cell culture developement and advances in medicine. This book has something for everyone. History, science a ...more

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