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

2.0

the story of henrietta and her family's lives and the science that surrounds it is fascinating BUT i could not stop thinking about how incredibly uncomfortable it was to read this author's own self-report of the months-long harassment of the lacks family she undertook before she was finally able to interview them. it's weird that she wanted to write a book about the exploitation of this woman but went about the research by, by her own admission, calling and paging and just showing up on their doorsteps every day for months as they tried to fend her off by either telling her they didn't want to talk or ignoring her