The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a remarkable and intriguing story that should be heard around the world, or at least by anyone interested in the broad field of science. This novel, by Rebecca Skloot, stresses the huge issue of morality vs. immorality regarding scientific research without consent. TILOHL (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) brings the issue to the fore-front and informs the readers about the subject of no consent and why it is wrong. It’s a great book to inform the public of the behind the scenes aspect of scientific research since the issue of no consent has occurred before and most of the public doesn’t even know about it (see link http://www.slate.com/id/2243423/).
This novel was created so that the general public could read and be informed about pertinent issues around them that they may not be fully aware of. Instead of watching the news or grabbing the newspaper, a reader could read about a hot topic in the science field in the form of a story. Rebecca Skloot’s only problem may have been finding a way to inform the public without boring them scientific babble or confusing them with technical terminology. Skloot had to come up with a way to make any type of reader interested in Henrietta’s story while still informing them about the why the whole process of obtaining her cells without her consent was unjust.
From how I believe Skloot wrote, I don’t feel I will have any major problems with reading. If the book is set up as more of a story with a plot and it is not just filled with strict stats and data, it should be a fun and easy read that I can become involved in. The only true challenge will be finding the time to read it!
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