Book club

I'm wondering how many have ever been in a book club? I was in one when I lived in Casper, and just joined one here in Baltimore. It is organized by the local Hamilton branch of the the Enoch Pratt Free Library System. We have only met a few times. The book we are reading this month is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. It is about a woman in Baltimore whose tumor cells have been grown a trillions times over to use in medical research. She was a poor black woman who was not asked if she would consent to the use of her tissue; and she died shortly after her cells were removed from her body. Her family has never benefited from this use of her tissue; and as the author writes, the ironic part is that many of her descendants are also poor and unable to afford medical care in spite of the fact that Henrietta's cells have been beneficial in developing all kinds of medical breakthroughs. I am looking forward to discussing this book with the bookclub next Thursday night.