Thursday, March 31, 2011

REPLAY BY KEN GRIMWOOD

Tis is an exciting book bout a man named Jeff who has a fatal heart attack at the age of 43 and wakes up 25 years earlier to replay the next 25 years of his life before he dies and replays again. Although he does make changes, nothing really changes.

For those among us who have made the wrong choices and have always thought about what would happen if they could do it all over again, this is a must read!!!!

Friday, March 11, 2011

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sklott

This book is a biography of Henrietta Lacks and her offspring. There are her children, and their children, all reared in poverty and too often without health insurance. Lack's world-changing cells, meanwhile have been lavished with attention and money by scientists around the globe for nearly twice her lifetime. The story raises questions about bioethics and leaves the reader wondering who should benefit from scientific research and how it should be conducted. In the words of Lack's youngest daughter, Deborah: "If our mothers cells done so much for medicine, how come her family can't afford to see no doctors?"