| A Few Words About This Book |
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| Prologue: The Woman in the Photograph |
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1 | (8) |
| Deborah's Voice |
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9 | (4) |
| Part One Life |
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13 | (5) |
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18 | (9) |
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3 Diagnosis and Treatment...1951 |
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27 | (7) |
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4 The Birth of HeLa...1951 |
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34 | (8) |
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5 "Blackness Be Spreadin All Inside"...1951 |
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42 | (7) |
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6 "Lady's on the Phone"...1999 |
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49 | (7) |
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7 The Death and Life of Cell Culture...1951 |
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56 | (7) |
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8 "A Miserable Specimen"...1951 |
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63 | (4) |
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67 | (10) |
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10 The Other Side of the Tracks...1999 |
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77 | (6) |
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11 "The Devil of Pain Itself"...1951 |
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83 | (6) |
| Part Two Death |
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89 | (4) |
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13 The HeLa Factory...1951-1953 |
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93 | (12) |
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14 Helen Lane...1953-1954 |
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105 | (5) |
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15 "Too Young to Remember"...1951-1965 |
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110 | (8) |
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16 "Spending Eternity in the Same Place"...1999 |
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118 | (9) |
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17 Illegal, Immoral, and Deplorable...1954-1966 |
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127 | (10) |
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18 "Strangest Hybrid"...1960-1966 |
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137 | (7) |
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19 "The Most Critical Time on This Earth Is Now"...1966-1973 |
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144 | (8) |
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152 | (6) |
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158 | (12) |
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22 "The Fame She So Richly Deserves"...1970-1973 |
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170 | (9) |
| Part Three Immortality |
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23 "It's Alive"...1973-1974 |
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179 | (12) |
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24 "Least They Can Do"...1975 |
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191 | (8) |
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25 "Who Told You You Could Sell My Spleen?"...1976-1988 |
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199 | (8) |
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26 Breach of Privacy...1980-1985 |
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207 | (5) |
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27 The Secret of Immortality...1984-1995 |
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212 | (6) |
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28 After London...1996-1999 |
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218 | (14) |
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29 A Village of Henriettas...2000 |
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232 | (9) |
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241 | (9) |
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31 Hela, Goddess of Death...2000-2001 |
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250 | (9) |
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32 "All That's My Mother"...2001 |
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259 | (9) |
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33 The Hospital for the Negro Insane...2001 |
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268 | (11) |
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34 The Medical Records...2001 |
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279 | (7) |
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286 | (8) |
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36 Heavenly Bodies...2001 |
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294 | (3) |
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37 "Nothing to Be Scared About"...2001 |
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297 | (8) |
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38 The Long Road to Clover...2009 |
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305 | (6) |
| Where They Are Now |
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311 | (3) |
| About the Henrietta Lacks Foundation |
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314 | (1) |
| Afterword |
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315 | (14) |
| Cast of Characters |
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329 | (4) |
| Timeline |
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333 | (4) |
| Acknowledgments |
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337 | (9) |
| Notes |
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346 | (21) |
| Index |
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367 | (12) |
| Reading Group Guide |
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