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I’ve decided to join my friend Kristi in reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. Various blurbs about this book tell me that it is the (nonfiction) story of a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cells were harvested by doctors without her consent. These cells played important roles in a huge number of scientific and medical advances, but Henrietta’s children didn’t find out about it for several decades, and have never been compensated, nor have their wishes been considered.

Please join Kristi and I in reading Henrietta Lacks and let us know what you think!

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