Henrietta Lacks

The Legend of Henrietta Lacks

De: Naven Johnson

Narrado por: Chaz Kendricks

Who Was Henrietta Lacks? On a bright day of August 1st, in the year of 1920, Eliza and Johnny Pleasant brought forth a girl, Loretta Pleasant, who’s name was later on changed to Henrietta Lacks for reasons unknown to the family. As she grew up, she was given the nickname Hennie.

At four years of age her birth mother died of birth complications from her 10th child. Following the hardship of taking care of the children solely, after the demise of his wife, Johnny moved to Clover, Virginia. He then gave guardianship of his children to his folks.

Lacks moved in with her grandfather Tommy Lacks, in a two-story log cabin initially owned by her great grandfather and great uncle (it once served as slaves’ quarter on the farm). She shared a room with David "Day" Lacks, nine years old at the time. He was her cousin, who would later be her husband, and had been there since 1905.

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Fantastic Biography

Great read/listen I highly recommend this book to all that are interested in learning the truth behind Cancer Cell Research And About the African American Woman To whom science owe the life time work to but was never given credit for her Contribution To the world, Nor at the time had No idea /Clue that their Loved is the main reason for the lives that are saved.

This isn't the correct book.

The original was mind blowing and released an enormous amount of info. Not this book

good thing it was free

editing-terrible, multiple repeated phrases
narrator- not a professional narrator, poor pronunciation of scientific nomenclature.
story- why was this written? It is so incomplete it isn't worth the time to read/listen.