The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

<p><b><i>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</i> is a </b><b>fascinating</b><b> mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman&rsquo;s cells have saved countless lives. </b><b>Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey &amp; Rose Byrne.<br><br>&lsquo;No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book.&rsquo; &ndash; Hilary Mantel, <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells &ndash; taken without her knowledge &ndash; became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta&rsquo;s family did not learn of her &lsquo;immortality&rsquo; until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .<br><br>Rebecca Skloot&rsquo;