Book Fate - Reviews 2 and 3

I firmly believe in book fate. When someone talks to me about a book and it magically appears in my life, I firmly believe the universe must really want me to read it.

Both of the books I read this week were book fate book

Enrique's Journey

This book was mentioned to me by Bryan, who works here at Shoulder to Shoulder while we were driving to the clinic on the first day.  I asked if I could borrow it, and then it was just sitting there on the shelf at the clinic. Book Fate.

Enrique's Journey was super interesting. It follows a 16 year-old's trip from Tegucigalpa, Honduras to the United States. I liked reading it actually in Honduras. I recognized different references to parts of Honduras and Tegus, and I think that made it seem more real to me.

Anyone who is interested in child migration, or even just Honduras in general (you know, the country I talk so much about), should read this.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

My mom has mentioned this book to me a number of times. She said, from a public health perspective, it was super interesting. So, I walked into the Concepcion Clinic, and there it was sitting on the book shelf. Book Fate for sure!

Henrietta Lacks was a black women, whose cancer cells were taken at John Hopkins hospital "colored ward" without her permission. Those cells ended up being the first cells that were able to be reproduced in a lab, and continue to be used around the world. People have made millions of dollars off of these cells, and yet her family continues to live in poverty. 

This is an interesting book for anyone, but I would say that for people going into the medical field, it should be required reading. It gets into all sorts of interesting issues around consent, and who has control of what happens with your body. Super nerdy, but super interesting.