Thursday, December 6, 2012
Buckeye Book Community Speaker
On October 2, I attended the Buckeye Book Community Speaker lecture with David Lacks. Lacks is the brother of the famous Henrietta Lacks featured in the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Having read the book during the summer it was extremely satisfying to see a character from the book in person, and it was great getting to hear speak as well. Mr. Lacks discussed the issues surrounding the book such as, race, ethics, and morals.
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Being a huge fan of the The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks I couldn't wait to attend this Buckeye Book Community event. Being able to hear from David Lacks added another layer of reality to the book and gave him the chance to describe his mother, the HeLa cells and his experiences with them in his own words. The evening also gave students the opportunity to ask David and his wife questions they had.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this book because I normally don't read nonfiction at all. I liked the way it was written and finding out about all of that history about science. Also getting to hear from Henrietta's son Sonny was great because you get a firsthand experience hearing it from someone who was there when it happened.
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