Rebecca Skloot

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 Henriettá s family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences... The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating account of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world forever.