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Now an HBO� Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor�black tobacco farmer whose cells�taken without her knowledge in 1951�became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more.�Henrietta's cells�have been bought and sold by the billions, yet�she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.

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