Feb 23
Henrietta Lacks, Immortal
It is the vitality of Henrietta Lacks and her descendants that captured my imagination while reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
It’s just a darned good story and it pushes all my “I want to read that” buttons – lively characters, science, mystery, public policy and politics, genealogy, plus a few I’ve probably not yet identified.
When you finish a book with a feeling you know some of the characters, and wishing you could visit further with them, you know it’s been worth your time. I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It’s just that good.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I am heading to the library tomorrow, so I will have to see if they carry it. I am guilty of getting stuck in a rut with authors I like, but every now and then I like to branch out for something new. I will let you know if I get it.
March 30th, 2010 at 8:53 am
I just saw this in the bookstore and would have bought it if they had been carrying it in paperback.
Now I am definitely going to have to get it.