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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Publisher's Summary
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first ‘immortal’ human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave
Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story, from the ‘coloured’ ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live, and struggle with the legacy of her cells. Full of warmth and questing intelligence, astonishing in scope and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
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- Siddharth Panicker
- 07-01-23
A poignant tale of science and humanity
This story deserves to be read or heard by the world. Breathtaking writing, stellar narration.
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- Smita Arun
- 16-08-19
A great biography
I loved how the story unravels and ends! For a fiction lover like me, I found this biography to be more interesting, thanks to the author Rebecca Skloot! The effort taken by her to keep the reader engaged and glued to the book rather than getting bored is really appreciable! I simply loved the narrators Cassandra Campbell and Bonnie ! Their voices actually bring life to the characters which make you feel yourself being a part of the story!
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- Kindle Customer
- 21-07-20
gripping and emotional
a gripping and emotional story. the story has been narrated in a very engaging manner.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-08-23
A must read!
A book that everyone - whether a science lover or not - must read to know about that one beautiful woman, thanks to whom, we all are here today.
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- A K.
- 26-01-24
Complex issue, botched execution
The promise was there all the time. But the author's narrative lacked coherence and the constant insertion of her own story and process behind the development of this book was annoying initially and then turned the book into a full-blown mess. What was the afterword should have been the actual meat of the book--the discussion and debate on tissue research ethics. Instead the author's story, her subtle hint at her left leanings and the constant attempt at proving herself a saviour for the family was a terrible narrative choice. The book promises a lot but hardly delivers on all that world-changing suspense it created on the cover.
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