tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post7765751360922615937..comments2024-02-03T18:13:42.370-08:00Comments on ricklibrarian: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sklootricklibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621583568674705756noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-18049670503020732572012-04-17T03:37:36.494-07:002012-04-17T03:37:36.494-07:00I found the beginning of this utterly captivating,...I found the beginning of this utterly captivating, very hard to put down. Skloot does a good job of addressing the science behind the subject without making it too technical. The part where the story derails is when the family gets involved, particularly the time spent with Mrs. Lacks' daughter, Deborah. The author seems to focus more on the struggles of Deborah and her apparent disabilities, maybe in a human-interest sort of way, but I felt that it began to become a bit more exploitative. I think it is very important to shine a light on the unethical way the black population was treated by the medical profession and how shameful it is that the Lacks family has not benefited in any way from the massive scale of production of the HeLa cell line. If this book had merely contained the first half, or left the drama of the second half out or at least shortened it some, I think this book would have appealed to me more as a whole.Netherlandhttp://marraige2last.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com