'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' Hits the (Small) Big Screen
It’s one of the eBooks featured in the new Nook TV ad, and it’s on the front page of every eBookstore: Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has been a smash hit in both print and electronic formats. Now it will be made into a movie for HBO, produced by Oprah Winfrey and American Beauty co-producer Alan Ball.
Skloot, an avid Twitterer, spent yesterday, when the announcement was made, fielding questions about the adaptation on Twitter.
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