Thursday, July 7th, 2011
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a book at once deeply personal and profoundly universal,” writes Kathy Hickman in her monthly column, The Reading […]
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Very exciting news, just in: Amazon has named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as the Best Book of 2010. From their announcement: Our Best […]
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is being read by book clubs around the world, including several associated with organizations (like TED) and publications, including […]
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Amazon.com calls The Immortal Life one of the “must-reads of the year,” naming it one of the top ten “Best Books of the Year” to […]
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
NPR has just named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as one of the top five Best of the Bestsellers (the only nonfiction book in […]
Friday, June 25th, 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was published a few weeks ago in the UK, where it’s getting rave reviews. Below, a sampling: “Immensely moving” […]
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Much to the dismay of those in publishing world, Kirkus magazine recently announced that it was going out of business. In what was to be […]
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Today’s Los Angeles Times features Rebecca Skloot as one of their four Faces to Watch in 2010, saying: When Rebecca Skloot was a high school […]
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
The current issue of Library Journal features two pieces about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: First, an essay by Skloot called “Librarians: The Secret […]
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is featured in the December issue of Booklist, with a wonderful starred review (see below) and “Story Behind the […]