- Title:
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Written by:
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Rebecca Skloot
- Read by:
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Cassandra Campbell; Bahni Turpin
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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12 hours 20 minutes
- Published:
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December 01 2019
- Available Date:
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December 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655637349
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Biology; Science & Technology
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan Australia
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New York Times bestseller
The internationally bestselling story of a young woman whose death in 1951 changed medical science for ever ...
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than 20 years after her death, with devastating consequences ...
Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.
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'A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.'
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