This is an amazing "truth is stranger than fiction" story about a woman who died more than 60 years ago, but whose cells live on in massive quantities around the globe (they've even been sent into space!). This book describes the author's years of research to discover the story behind the famous HeLa cells. The author, Rebecca Skloot, in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, tells a young woman's and her family's tragic story, describes awesome advances in science and medicine, and presents challenging ethical questions. -Barb