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      2003, c1994., Perennial Call No: MEMOIR   Edition: 1st Perennial ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: A memoir in which award-winning poet Lucy Grealy recalls her experiences with a potentially terminal cancer that required she have a third of her jaw removed when she was nine years old, and discusses the suffering she endured as she was growing up from classmates, strangers, and other people because of her looks.
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      2003, c1994., Perennial Call No: B Grealy   Edition: 1st Perennial ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: A memoir in which award-winning poet Lucy Grealy recalls her experiences with a potentially terminal cancer that required she have a third of her jaw removed when she was nine years old, and discusses the suffering she endured as she was growing up from classmates, strangers, and other people because of her looks.
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      [2020]., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: 921 FEDER    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--Provided by publisher.
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      [2020]., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: GN-REALISTIC DAN    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--Provided by publisher.
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      c2011., Broadway Paperbacks Call No: LIfe Science   Edition: 1st pbk. ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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      c2010., Crown Publishers Call No: 616 SKL   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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      c2011., Broadway Paperbacks Call No: 616 SKL   Edition: 1st pbk. ed.    Availability:51 of 60     At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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      c2010., Crown Publishers Call No: Realistic 616.02 Skl    Availability:3 of 3     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depicts the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern black woman, whose cells were taken from her body without her permission during the 1950s for medical research and continue to be alive and used more than sixty years after her death. Discusses the issues of owning our own bodies and why Henrietta's family was never informed about her "immortality" for more than twenty years after she died. Includes chapter notes, photographs, and an index.
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      c2011., Broadway Paperbacks Call No: Realistic 616.02 Skl    Availability:0 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depicts the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern black woman, whose cells were taken from her body without her permission during the 1950s for medical research and continue to be alive and used more than sixty years after her death. Discusses the issues of owning our own bodies and why Henrietta's family was never informed about her "immortality" for more than twenty years after she died. Includes chapter notes, photographs, and an index.
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      [2017]., Broadway Books Call No: 616 .02774 092   Edition: First Movie Tie-in paperback edition.    Availability:11 of 12     At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.
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      2019., Nobrow Call No: GN-SPORTS IN    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this . . . graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together"--Amazon.com.
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      2001, Berkley Books Call No: B Armstrong   Edition: Berkley trade paperback edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch    Click here to view    More... Summary Note: This is the story of one man's journey through triumph, tragedy, transformation, and transcendence. It is the story of Lance Armstrong, the six-time winner of the Tour de France, and his fight against cancer. People magazine called it "inspiring." The New York Times called it "fascinating." But perhaps the Cincinnati Enquirer said it best: "It's not about the bike, or about the sport. It's about the soul."