Seniors Program Glenview – Book Club, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Both In-Person in Glenview & Call-In
This program will be offered in person at our Glenview location at 222 Waukegan Road as well as over-the-phone.
For those interested in participating, whether it be in-person or over-the-phone, everyone must call Melissa at T: (847) 510-2060 to discuss their plans for attendance / RSVPs – space is limited for in-person attendance.
CALL-IN INSTRUCTIONS: After you RSVP for any/all programs that you’d like to participate in, here’s how to call into each of the programs – we will use the same call-in number for all programs: To join any of the programs, dial 872-242-7995. It will then ask you to enter the Conference ID 737107407 followed by #. It will ask if you are the meeting organizer and since you are not, continue waiting and shortly after that you will be admitted into the program.
Most participants will use the free Talking Books player. The audio book player will be mailed to you at no cost, as well as all audio books. We can help you complete an application if you are not yet enrolled in the program. Please RSVP to Melissa in advance of the program at: (847) 510-2060.
This month, we will discuss the biography, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, listening time, 14 hours. TBBS Book # DB070661. RSVP at: (847) 510-2060. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, & more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought & sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, & her family can’t afford health insurance. This New York Times bestseller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers filled with HeLa cells, from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia, to East Baltimore today, where her children & grandchildren live & struggle with the legacy of her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, & medicine; of scientific discovery & faith healing; & of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
RSVP to Melissa at: (847) 510-2060.
