The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chess Anne Brontë's bold novel is

Anne Brontë's bold novel is an exploration of a woman's struggle for creative freedom and domestic independence that caused a scandal upon publication and continues to speak powerfully almost 170 years afters its publication

but — careful — don’t let it tumble

trying to unravel the truth about her life

Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chess Anne Brontë's bold novel isHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cellstaken without her knowledgebecame one of the most important tools in medicine: The first immortal human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of