Classic & Older Gothic

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

Rebecca Skloot chronicles Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cells—harvested without consent—became immortal and revolutionized medicine, while her family remained impoverished and unaware. A landmark fusion of science journalism, biography, and ethical inquiry that confronts medical racism and the human cost of progress. Essential, deeply researched, and profoundly humane.

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