THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

 

Our book for next month's book club meeting will be The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.  This work tells the story of Henrietta Lacks and her cells.  These cells became an important part of scientific discovery and led to developments such as the polio vaccine and gene mapping.  Her cells have been used by many, and yet, she remains unknown.  This is her story.

If you are interested in more information on the author or Henrietta Lacks, you can visit http://rebeccaskloot.com/

If you liked The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, give one of these works a try:

Stiff by Mary Roach
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
Generation Rx by Gerg Critser
Abraham Lincoln's DNA and Other Adventures in Genetics by Philip Reilly
Blood Work by Holly Tucker
The Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

Fiction Readalikes:

The Second Time Around by Mary Higgins Clark
The Mystery of Breathing by Perri Klass
The Footprints of God by Greg Iles
Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels
Fifth Vial by Michael Palmer
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley


Picture from http://syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9781400052172/lc.jpg&client=arrowheadlbs&type=rn12