Awhile back, Sassymonkey told me that everyone was going to be reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I admit, I only half believed her. It is non-fiction, after all. And a story about science and an African American family – not really mainstream reading, unfortunately. I don’t know if Sassymonkey is right and everyone is reading it. I do know my mother started reading it a few weeks ago. And I do know that everyone SHOULD read this book.
It’s a story that pissed me the hell off.
Everyone should know Henrietta Lacks’ name and everyone should know what happened to her, to her cells, and to her family.
Did I mention this pisses me off? I’d like to see Skootz do a book about “The Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland” next. (Or maybe someone has already written this one and I just haven’t stumbled across it? I’m off to look.)
I only say that everyone will be reading a book when I really believe they will. I follow these things, you know. 😉 I still have to wait for more than 100 people to get it before me from the library.