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EAC Book Circle: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

May 6 @ 2:00 pm

Join the EAC Book Circle on the first Wednesday of each month (except August) from 2pm to discuss the chosen book over tea & coffee. £2 minimum donation and newcomers welcome!

Wednesday 6th May – from 2pm

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloots

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Her cancer cells, taken without her knowledge, became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences.