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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

3.0

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This is a book that EVERYBODY needs to read. The individuals in this books are real life people who have had a grave injustice done to their family. While the content will most likely leave readers feeling a whole range of emotions from sadness to anger, the actual content of this book is something that needs to be read by all people regardless of color, age, or background. While there are parts of the story that seem exploitative (I honestly felt as if Skloot sometimes went into too much detail about different parts of the Lacks' family's dysfunction when describing individuals who are currently living), the overall story of Henrietta Lacks' body being defiled and her cells taken without her or her family's consent all in the name of science is something that everyone should read up on.