Herietta Lacks

     Henrietta Lacks

       I am still currently reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.  It is important to me to take time the time to complete a book before I decide to jump into another. That way I can make a connecting with one single book rather then reading to books at the same time. At the moment I am on page *** out of 370 pages. Yes, I do have some catching up to do, but I will finish and will achieve a better understanding on cancer cells I would never before know if it wasn't for this book. Not only that but you get a look on the life of  those effected by segregation.
       One of the quotes that has stand out to be in this book is when the author says. "it as understood that black people didn't question white people's professional judgment" (63).  This quote shows complete segregation is one sentence. White people over powered all races, it shows how on equal everyone ways. It did not matter if they where citizens of the united states or not. If the pigment of your skin was anything other then white you where considered a burden. Not only in the eyes of random strangers but in the eyes of those who's  jobs require to give care to everyone in need.
      The setting of this book takes place in 1950, where segregation is well in play. Herietta Lacks, a young black mother of five, enters the John Hopkins colored hospital to begin treatment for a mysterious clump in her cervix. The setting in this non-fiction book is told with such detail that you can picture it in your head. "She filled her bathtub, lowered herself into the warm water, and slowly spread her legs. With the door closed to her children, husband, and cousins, Henrietta slid a finger inside herself and rubbed it across her cervix until she found what she somehow knew she'd find: a hard lump, deep inside, as though someone had lodged a marble the size of her pinkie tip just to the left of the opening to her womb." Gives you a gimps on how much illustration is put into this book. Giving the reader such visual on what is happening in the book.
      The book cover shows a beautiful, young, fearless looking women giving you an instant sigh at the protagonist. This  book is exactly what the title displaces. Its a informative and entertaining book about a women that has completely changed and created the advancements in cancer. Although Henrietta is the main character. The book is not told by her point of view is told by the view of the author. It shows how she acquired all the importation she knows about Henrietta. This book is well written and is one I would recommend anyone should read.