Description

Join Lia, Meredith, Lindsay, Sarah, Kim and Ashley (for a few minutes anyway) as they discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.  The girls learn (thanks to Lindsay) that this book was ten years in the making! Everyone agrees that this is an interesting read about a very important topic. The conversation veers off now and then to cousin love and whether zombies like to watch movies. There is plenty of discussion around ethics in science and medicine and whether there can be trust when there is money to be made. Everyone shares whether they would recommend the book and/or the movie and which one they enjoyed more, except Kim because she forgot to watch the movie!

This book was made into a movie in 2017 and stars Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and Sylvia Grace Crim.

Discussion Points: 

• Audiobooks in a radio play format
• Language directly quoted to represent culture
• 90 minute movie praise
• Lacks family settlement with Biotech company
• Rebecca Sloot BBC interview and Lacks family update
• Oprah in the film
• Medical and scientific ethics
• Zombies
• Johns Hopkins acknowledgement statement
• Marrying cousins
• Racism in medicine
• History of cancer treatment
• Different book covers
• Fan book submissions
• Do they recommend the book and/or movie

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: 

Book Interrupted

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

Henrietta Lacks

Johns Hopkins acknowledgement statement

Rebecca Skloot BBC interview

Lacks Family Settlement with Biotech Company

Oprah Winfrey

The Immortal Life of Henriette Lacks Movie