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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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ReLIT: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
ReLIT: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Pure Heart: A Novel by Rajia Hassib
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke
”Wilde” Card: The Importance of Being Earnest, a Play by Oscar Wilde
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Part 2)
Invisible Girl: A Novel by Lisa Jewell
ReLIT: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Wild Card: Movie Review — (2022) Death on the Nile
ReLIT: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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