Barnes & NobleThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, The story of modern medicine and bioethics, and, indeed, race relations, is refracted beautifully, and movingly. Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE, ONE OF THE, MOST INFLUENTIAL, (CNN), DEFINING, (LITHUB), AND, BEST, (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE, ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS, WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, O- The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Financial Times, New York, Independent (U.K.), Times (U.K.), Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Globe and Mail Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as Hela.