Snobs, Julian Fellowes, Narrator, Richard Morantīringing up Bebe Pamela Druckerman Narrator: Abby. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook text In 1951, an African American female named Henrietta Lacks uncovered what she called a knot on her cervix that turned out to be a specifically infective type of cervical cancer cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Sklo. Secondhand Spirits By Juliet Blackwell Narrated by. Who they refer to now as HeLa, so unfeeling and frosty a title, for someone so stunningly important to the world. So, I know you will not be disappointed with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin do marvelous narrations of the characters. Rebecca Skloot, was a diligent and careful researcher, giving a balanced accounting of Ms. I highly recommend this book, even if you're not interested in science, medicine or non-fiction, it is about the life of a remarkable woman and her eternal gift to the world. Her cells still live and it is only right that the family is remunerated for the use of them. I do think her family should have and still should get some financial compensation at least for Henrietta's contribution to the world. Narrated by Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin Doctors have been doing many things over the years without permission, and usually the patient never knows about it. I can't argue the justice or right or wrong of them taking her cells. The world has been truly blessed for having Henrietta Lacks in it. They've been instrumental in curing diseases and finding treatments. They are still being used in research all over the world today. These cells have a short lifespan, which is what still has the medical and scientific community baffled. I wanted to just weep for her, for what sounds like barbaric treatments.ĭuring one of her sessions they took cells from her cervix, I guess, a common practice at the time, and sent them off to the lab. When Henrietta gets cancer and is treated at the John Hopkins clinic, it was hair raising and bone chilling to think of what pain and suffering she went through, and I imagine most cancer patients did at the time.
Her life was short and she died before she had a chance to fulfill all its promises.
Nonetheless, Henrietta, was fun loving, kind, and sounds like a thoroughly nice person. Henrietta Lacks, was a very special woman, of course she had no way of knowing this. I love it when narrators are so outstanding that you're completely drawn into the story to another world. Turpin, is an accomplished narrator, who skillfully delivers the goods. Bahni Turpin, of course goes without saying does an excellent job as Henrietta Lack's daughter.
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