Before diving into this week's book, we'll talk about the medical industry's not-so-secret (and not-so-distant) questionable past in our theme of the week: Medical Murders. Then, on to our book...
Decades ago, while listening to her body's suggestion that something was wrong, a young wife and mother of five trusted the only healthcare facility in the area that would agree to treat her. True to their word, doctors provide the best treatment available, but they don't tell the woman they are stealing a portion of her body during their treatments. Those stolen cells proved extraordinarily incredible, saving people's lives worldwide, and they continue to marvel even in our day. Everyone benefits from the woman's unknowing sacrifice, except for her family and children. Where will her children end up in a world where they can't even afford healthcare?
The woman: Henrietta Lacks
The book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Part 2)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Part 1)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers
Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White
Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
Sula, by Toni Morrison
Bonus: The Chat We Couldn't Fit Into Our Last Episode, Catch And Kill by Ronan Farrow
Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
My Sister the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Educated, by Tara Westover
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
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