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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
125 reviews
carissa230's review against another edition
5.0
I appreciate that the author spoke to the family and gathered the family history and the impact that this has had on their lives. The fact that the family was treated as a afterthought or not at all is sad. Reading the book made me so sad for the family and furious over the way the cells were handled. The family had the right to decide if they wanted to participate and to be paid for their contribution. However, imagine if the family refused. Where would Science be today? Would they have found another cell to use? Would it have been successful? It makes me uncomfortable thinking about what I would do if I was in the Scientist position at the time.
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content
martha_is_reading's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness
kj_reads's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, and Racism
christineolivia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Cancer, and Medical content
Moderate: Slavery and Medical trauma
graceburke's review against another edition
5.0
The story of Henrietta and her family is complex, Deborah would be one of the first people to admit such. It's hard and harrowing. The duality of distrust for the abuse their family endured and the recognition that it was Lacks' cells that allowed for the saving of millions of lives and counting globally is not lost on them.
I gasped, cried, and laughed. Deborah and Skloot's relationship is something I will be thinking about for a long time. I'm so grateful the Lacks' story has finally been shared.
Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Terminal illness, and Miscarriage
grboph's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Slavery, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Antisemitism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs
rumay's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Incest, Infertility, and Infidelity
tomnoor's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Medical content
afion's review against another edition
Graphic: Racism, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Cancer, Medical content, and Pedophilia
Minor: Infidelity
myantigone's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and Mental illness