You're so right. The entitlement of the doctor's that they can do whatever they want to whatever is removed from our bodies is disgusting. The laws with OSHA don't allow you to keep whatever the doctor's removed either.
@@ReadbyFred agree. I found the interviews with the "health professionals" to be the most frustratingly arrogant. The book is a must read. There's a lot that goes on that the average patient isn't aware of.
Great in depth review. I like you told the family story. This was a very informative book with so much talk of consent, or lack their of. I enjoyed finally reading it.
I love this book! I read it two years ago and I still think about it often. The author did an amazing job of educating while also making me feel so deeply for Lacks and her family
I also read it when it read released & still think about it. The writing is incredible & I felt so sad for her daughter. I remember crying when I read that she had died. I'm also am SO VERY GRATEFUL to Henrietta Lacks because her cells led to the advances in fertility treatment that, w/out which I would not have my 23 & 19 yr olds.
@@elizabeth-betsyjohnson7195 - that's amazing to hear about your children. I felt saddened for Elsie's fate, and was heartbroken on reading about Deborah's fate in the final chapters. Thanks for watching :)
This is such an amazing book and I’m so glad that many high schools in the US have it as required reading and it’s part of the Medical School curriculum as well. If you haven’t read Hidden Valley Road it’s a perfect followup to this and incredibly well done.
What a great review! This book has been in my mind for so long and I just need to get my hands on it. Hearing how much the medical industry deprived and robbed this family of, to be quite honest, is not surprising. It takes stories like this one to hopefully make change in medical policy.
Thank you! I got my copy used from Amazon (great condition and a great price). It was very well written and told a gripping story - highly recommend it :)
Hi Fred. I saw your channel featured on Book Olive. I have been wanting to read Henrietta Lacks for awhile now. I have to applaud you on how you are so pleasant to listen to, so knowledgeable and confident. I feel you have sold me on this one. I look forward to watching more of your content. So glad you were featured on Olive's Channel!
Thank you for the compliments Kristine! Olive has a great channel, and it was very nice of her to shout out so many smaller channels. I recommend The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; Skloot did a great job in telling the story :)
@@ReadbyFred Thank you once again for replying to my comments. H Lacks has been on my radar for awhile. This book sounds like it would give me all the feels that I love in a book. Science has always been a buzzword for me in my reading taste. Loved Radium Girls, the book and the movie. The titles I have been placing on my 2023 loose tbr are Soul of an Octopus, The Poisoner's Handbook, Behave: The Biology of Humans At Our Best and Worst and Invisible Women. So glad I reached out - Great to connect w you!
@@kaortega1120 - hah, I've got The Soul of an Octopus on my TBR too - I just have to finish with all the other books I've picked up before I pick that one up. Great to connect with you as well :)
@@ReadbyFred Hello Again! I have heard that reading Soul of the Octopus and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt in tandem is the one to go. Let me know if you are interested. Buddy Read? Perhaps?
I love this book because of 2 things, I learned about Henrietta and her unique story. Second, the book showed a journey of creating relationship and earning trust with Henrietta's family and the race dynamics, etc.
I enjoyed this book as well. Skloot did a great job giving us Henrietta's story, and the story of Henrietta's family. Deborah was my favorite; sadly she passed away in 2009.
Thank you! This was a really good book. I'd like to thank Bookworm Adventure Girl for talking about it in one of her videos - that's how I discovered it :)
This was a great biography, and commentary on science and morality. I saw this book talked about on Bookworm Adventure Girl's channel and wanted to read it. Booktube has definitely influenced my reading :)
You're so right. The entitlement of the doctor's that they can do whatever they want to whatever is removed from our bodies is disgusting. The laws with OSHA don't allow you to keep whatever the doctor's removed either.
I was not impressed with the attitudes of the medical community in this book either. Such a powerful story though.
@@ReadbyFred agree. I found the interviews with the "health professionals" to be the most frustratingly arrogant. The book is a must read. There's a lot that goes on that the average patient isn't aware of.
Great in depth review. I like you told the family story. This was a very informative book with so much talk of consent, or lack their of. I enjoyed finally reading it.
Thank you! I enjoyed reading it too - such an informative and gripping read.
I love this book! I read it two years ago and I still think about it often. The author did an amazing job of educating while also making me feel so deeply for Lacks and her family
I also read it when it read released & still think about it. The writing is incredible & I felt so sad for her daughter. I remember crying when I read that she had died. I'm also am SO VERY GRATEFUL to Henrietta Lacks because her cells led to the advances in fertility treatment that, w/out which I would not have my 23 & 19 yr olds.
Skloot did do an amazing job writing this book. I really enjoyed it :)
@@elizabeth-betsyjohnson7195 - that's amazing to hear about your children. I felt saddened for Elsie's fate, and was heartbroken on reading about Deborah's fate in the final chapters. Thanks for watching :)
This is such an amazing book and I’m so glad that many high schools in the US have it as required reading and it’s part of the Medical School curriculum as well. If you haven’t read Hidden Valley Road it’s a perfect followup to this and incredibly well done.
I enjoyed the book too - well written and so engaging. I just looked up Hidden Valley Road. Thanks for the recommendation :)
What a great review! This book has been in my mind for so long and I just need to get my hands on it. Hearing how much the medical industry deprived and robbed this family of, to be quite honest, is not surprising. It takes stories like this one to hopefully make change in medical policy.
Thank you! I got my copy used from Amazon (great condition and a great price). It was very well written and told a gripping story - highly recommend it :)
Hi Fred. I saw your channel featured on Book Olive. I have been wanting to read Henrietta Lacks for awhile now. I have to applaud you on how you are so pleasant to listen to, so knowledgeable and confident. I feel you have sold me on this one. I look forward to watching more of your content. So glad you were featured on Olive's Channel!
Thank you for the compliments Kristine! Olive has a great channel, and it was very nice of her to shout out so many smaller channels. I recommend The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; Skloot did a great job in telling the story :)
@@ReadbyFred Thank you once again for replying to my comments. H Lacks has been on my radar for awhile. This book sounds like it would give me all the feels that I love in a book. Science has always been a buzzword for me in my reading taste. Loved Radium Girls, the book and the movie. The titles I have been placing on my 2023 loose tbr are Soul of an Octopus, The Poisoner's Handbook, Behave: The Biology of Humans At Our Best and Worst and Invisible Women. So glad I reached out - Great to connect w you!
@@kaortega1120 - hah, I've got The Soul of an Octopus on my TBR too - I just have to finish with all the other books I've picked up before I pick that one up. Great to connect with you as well :)
@@ReadbyFred Hello Again! I have heard that reading Soul of the Octopus and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt in tandem is the one to go. Let me know if you are interested. Buddy Read? Perhaps?
Great to hear your thoughts on this, you did well at breaking it down. Glad you got so much out of it!
Thank you! I really enjoyed this book :)
It was really fascinating hearing about this book, that I would probably otherwise never hear about 🤗
I enjoyed this read. Skloot does a great job telling the story of both HeLa cells and the Lacks family.
I love this book because of 2 things, I learned about Henrietta and her unique story. Second, the book showed a journey of creating relationship and earning trust with Henrietta's family and the race dynamics, etc.
I enjoyed this book as well. Skloot did a great job giving us Henrietta's story, and the story of Henrietta's family. Deborah was my favorite; sadly she passed away in 2009.
Great discussion!
Thank you! This was a really good book. I'd like to thank Bookworm Adventure Girl for talking about it in one of her videos - that's how I discovered it :)
I'm sure this is a great read. I've seen at least one other BookTuber talk about this book, and they loved it as well.
This was a great biography, and commentary on science and morality. I saw this book talked about on Bookworm Adventure Girl's channel and wanted to read it. Booktube has definitely influenced my reading :)
@@ReadbyFred Same! I'll see someone get all excited about some book and then I get excited! 😂
Really interesting, and not at all what I thought this book was about based on the title.
This was an incredible book that looked at almost everything from such a human perspective. I would recommend it. Thanks for watching :)