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I quite enjoy a bit of non-fiction occasionally, but it has to be entertaining. And honestly, going into this one, I was quite worried that it would be far too science-y for me - I hated science at school because I just wasn't interested.
But with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot has taken a subject and turned it into a far more emotional story than just the tale of how one woman's cells became the building blocks of modern medicine. The scientific / medical parts are written ...more
But with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot has taken a subject and turned it into a far more emotional story than just the tale of how one woman's cells became the building blocks of modern medicine. The scientific / medical parts are written ...more
This was very interesting, and kind of terrifying. I really liked how she balanced the medical chapters with the human side of the story and learning about the Lacks family and their ideas. This was not an easy book to read, but I'm glad I did.
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It was a nicely written book. Not too much science and not too much politics and just enough human interest to move it along.
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