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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today....
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning-and in...
"As other reviewers said, it's a sad, sad, sad story but so well written. Shuggie Bain is so sincere, trusting, and loving - I wanted to hug him, comfort him and give him a better life, and that is due to the strong character development the autho..."
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