{"product_id":"the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-a-true-story-of-scientific-discovery-questionable-ethics-and-a-familys-fight-for-truth","title":"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: A True Story of Scientific Discovery, Questionable Ethics, and a Family's Fight for Truth","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"n133c0-8s3gj7-qz3gii-lwnufz\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman’s cells – taken without her knowledge – have saved countless lives.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.’ – Hilary Mantel, Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer 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 twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Skloot’s moving 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNow an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Happier Every Chapter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57096464105845,"sku":"9780330533447","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/2337\/6806\/files\/51F2AJOx10L.jpg?v=1776937467","url":"https:\/\/happiereverychapter.com\/products\/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-a-true-story-of-scientific-discovery-questionable-ethics-and-a-familys-fight-for-truth","provider":"Happier Every Chapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}