A review by sarahfrombookinterrupted
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

It wasn’t what I expected. I thought this non-fiction science book would be dry and kinda boring, it was neither. It was an amazing book that went back and forth between the story of Henrietta Lacks, the science behind HeLa and the Lacks family. It was an amazing story. I read the first 100 pages the first day as if it was a thrilling fiction book, but it’s real. There was so much upsetting and incredible about this story; an important read for all. Everyone needs to know who Henrietta Lacks is, because she has and continues affected us all. Listen to full podcast episode here: https://www.bookinterrupted.com/episodes-podcast/episode/4ea2d695/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-episode