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This book by Rebecca Skloot represents the very best of what a book can be. It informs, educates, entertains and gave me an intimate look at an incredible human being. It reads like a novel. Henrietta Lacks represents the very best in us. Through her incredible pain both physical and mental; lack of opportunity coupled with the yoke of blind prejudice she remained kind, strong and behaved with incredible dignity. If you read one book, read this one. It will enrich you and remain in your mind for a long time.
My first exposure to this book was a CBC Radio Canada interview with Jonathan Lear wherein he discussed with Anna Maria Tremonti the importance of mind wandering and immagination to produce new and innovative ways to deal with troubling decisions, situations, etc. The reason that this caught my attention is that his comments were especially profound with the social and economic changes and challenges that are going on in the world today. In his book he refers to how the Crow Indians ultimately survived through the development of a new courage that was identified through a dream of a chicadee. They were able to establish a new cultural idea of courage and survive to this day. When one considers the profound changes that are taking place in the Middle East and how their culture is being challenged as well as the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon taking hold all over the world, some mind wandering and creativity is sorely needed to constructively deal with the changes at hand. This is an incredibly timely book.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Val Romanow, January 19, 2012
This book by Rebecca Skloot represents the very best of what a book can be. It informs, educates, entertains and gave me an intimate look at an incredible human being. It reads like a novel. Henrietta Lacks represents the very best in us. Through her incredible pain both physical and mental; lack of opportunity coupled with the yoke of blind prejudice she remained kind, strong and behaved with incredible dignity. If you read one book, read this one. It will enrich you and remain in your mind for a long time.Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation by Jonathan Lear
Val Romanow, November 3, 2011
My first exposure to this book was a CBC Radio Canada interview with Jonathan Lear wherein he discussed with Anna Maria Tremonti the importance of mind wandering and immagination to produce new and innovative ways to deal with troubling decisions, situations, etc. The reason that this caught my attention is that his comments were especially profound with the social and economic changes and challenges that are going on in the world today. In his book he refers to how the Crow Indians ultimately survived through the development of a new courage that was identified through a dream of a chicadee. They were able to establish a new cultural idea of courage and survive to this day. When one considers the profound changes that are taking place in the Middle East and how their culture is being challenged as well as the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon taking hold all over the world, some mind wandering and creativity is sorely needed to constructively deal with the changes at hand. This is an incredibly timely book.Val Romanow