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University of Wisconsin – Madison on board with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The University of Wisconsin – Madison is the latest university to have adopted Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for their 2010/11 common reading program. Along with Virginia Commonwealth University, students at the University of Wisconsin – Madison will read this new biography about … Continue reading

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Virginia Commonwealth University and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 

Big news for a great new book! Rebecca Skloot’s, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has been selected by Virginia Commonwealth University as common reading for its 2010-11 academic year. Also known to scientists as HeLa, Henrietta Lacks was a poor Southern tobacco … Continue reading

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Win a FREE copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks!

We’ve just returned from the annual First-Year Experience conference in Denver, CO and among the many other wonderful titles featured in the Random House, Inc. booth this year was a brand-new hardcover that made a big impression: The Immortal Life of … Continue reading

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