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The author listed for this title on BooksOnTheMap is Rebecca Skloot.

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Biography & Memoir

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

Name: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot

Story location: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Skloot investigates Henrietta Lacks, the HeLa cell line, medical ethics, race, family memory, and the hospital history tied to her treatment.

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Where is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks set?: On BooksOnTheMap, this book is pinned to: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
What genre is this book?: This title is filed under: Biography & Memoir.
Who wrote The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?: The author listed for this title on BooksOnTheMap is Rebecca Skloot.
Where can I listen to the audiobook of this book?: You can listen to this audiobook on Audiobooks.com, along with tens of thousands of other audiobooks.