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Compare the book and movie at this Book to Movie Discussion! Please pick up a copy of this book and movie at the Kathryn Linnemann drive-thru.
The Book to Movie discussion group will read the book (by Rebecca Skloot) and watch the movie (starring Oprah Winfrey) to discover how the versions compare!
About the book/movie: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
Find the ebook and eaudiobook using Overdrive: ebook (https://stcharles.overdrive.com/media/310508) and eaudiobook (https://stcharles.overdrive.com/media/249962)
Prior to the class, registrants will be emailed a link to participate. The link will include computer and phone call options. No account necessary!
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| Mon, Apr 12 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
| Tue, Apr 13 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
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| Thu, Apr 15 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
| Fri, Apr 16 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
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