Her name was Henrietta Lacks but scientists know her as He La Born a poor black tobacco farmer her cancer cells
- taken without her knowledge
- became a multimillion-dollar industry & one of the most important tools in medicine Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death with devastating consequences Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life & afterlife of one woman who changed the medical world forever Balancing the beauty & drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul & story of a real woman whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world