The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHer name was Henrietta Lacks but scientists know her as HeLa She was a poorblack tobacco farmer whose cellsmdashtaken without her knowledge in mdashbecame one of the most important tools in medicine vital for developing the polio vaccine cloning gene mapping and moreHenriettas cellshave been bought and sold by the billions yetshe remains virtually unknown and her family cant afford health insurance This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics race and medicine of scientific discovery and faith healing and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew