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Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Climbs to #2 on the New York Times Bestseller List

Very exciting news: Next week, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks will be listed as #2 on the NYT Bestseller List.


Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Rebecca Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Live on WHYY’s Radio Times

Rebecca Skloot just finished a great hour-long in-studio interview with WHYY’s Radio Times.  The segment aired live, but you can now listen to it online [...]


Friday, February 12th, 2010

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Debuts on The New York Times Bestseller List

Less than a week after its publication, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has hit the New York Times Bestseller List at #5!


Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Rebecca Skloot and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on Fresh Air With Terry Gross

For those who missed Skloot’s interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, you can listen to it here:
‘Henrietta Lacks’: A Donor’s Immortal Legacy:


Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Lacks Family on ABC World News Tonight

Set your TiVos and your DVRs, mark your calendars: Tonight Rebecca Skloot will be on ABC World News talking about her new book, The Immortal [...]


Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Now Online

The current issue of O, the Oprah Magazine features a lengthy excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and that excerpt just went online [...]


Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Chicago Tribune Loves The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

I’m so honored: Today in a great piece about new science books over at the Chicago Tribune, the amazing Pulitzer Prize winning narrative journalist Julia [...]


Friday, January 22nd, 2010

USA Today Names The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as a Winter Book to Watch For

Scroll through USA Today’s winter books to watch for, which includes The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.


Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Excerpt of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in March Oprah Magazine

This week, a lengthy excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks hit newsstands in the February issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. It’s not [...]


Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Popular Science Magazine Names “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” as Its February Book of the Month

Popular Science Magazine just named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as their book of the Month for February 2010, calling her story “remarkable,” and [...]


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Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.

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