“Science writing is often just about 'the facts.' Skloot's book is far deeper, braver, and more wonderful...Made my hair stand on end.”—Lisa Margonelli, New York Times Book Review
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 student, [...]
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 [...]
