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Finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, which was an excellent book.
It does not paint the medical community of the mid-20th century in a very good light, though there were heroes as well as villains; and the abject poverty of the Lacks family through to the modern age is just... I'm glad that the author set up a trust for the descendants of Henrietta and is sending profits from the book to it. It's the only thing of value to come down to them from this whole affair.
At any rate, finished, will read again. Next up is Cayo Hueso by Keith DeCandido; interesting enough, but it's one of those teaser books that is working very hard to convince the reader to buy previously written material... I'm actually more than halfway through, so I'll finish reading it.
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