the immortal life of henrietta lacks audiobook mp3

If you are an impatient reader like myself, and you are determined to read this one, I would recommend the audio. And I know with absolute certainty I would not have made it through the print version. And/or if the topic interests you enough. Henrietta Lacks was born Loretta Pleasant on August 1, 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia, to Eliza Pleasant (nee Lacks) (18861924) and John 'Johnny' Randall Pleasant (18811969). I can recommend the book, if you are patient enough to get through it. There are still so many unknowns about cancer, and Mukherjee was not afraid to point out that fact. But it was also scary because as much progress has been made, people still die from cancer every single day. This is a complete look at cancer over the years – how far the research and treatments have come, what the doctors have learned, etc. I was thrilled that our book club chose this as our September selection. And while I know it was fascinating, I think you have to be really patient to get through it.Īnd yes, the book was incredibly interesting. Up there with the best of the best, though, is Henrietta. While I’m glad I finished the book, it was LONG. About halfway through, I almost gave up on it, but since I was so far involved I made myself finish.

While it was interesting, I would stop listening for a while and had to force myself to pick it up and start again. I chose to listen to the audio version, and I must admit that it wasn’t the kind of book that I compulsively listened to – in fact, it was quite the opposite. I have to be honest and say that The Emperor of All Maladies took me forever to read. In this book, cancer is an evil enemy, one that doctors have come close to defeating but, as you will learn if you read it, may never be eradicated completely as it is ever-growing and changing. It’s called a biography because cancer is so complicated and its history is so interesting that to call it anything else would be wrong. Published by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schusterĭo I really need to summarize this one? Mukherjee has put together an amazingly detailed, complex look at the history of cancer. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The immortal life of henrietta lacks audiobook mp3