To celebrate the paperback release of her 2010 bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot will discuss and sign the book, 6pm at the Harold Washington Library Center this Thursday. Henrietta Lacks was the terminal cancer patient whose cells, preserved without her knowledge or consent, have formed the basis for much of the last sixty years of medical research. Mary H., Reader’s Services
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60605