KNOX COUNTY PARENT GETS FURIOUS ABOUT REBECCA SKLOOT BOOK ASSIGNED TO HER SON AS SUMMER READING

KNOX COUNTY PARENT GETS FURIOUS ABOUT REBECCA SKLOOT BOOK ASSIGNED TO HER SON AS SUMMER READING
@...@Rebecca Skloot said her book *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks*, which upsets a Knox County mother, tells the story of a woman whose cells led to some of the greatest medical breakthroughs of all time// Skloot in a phone interview with the News Sentinel on Wednesday said the idea that the book is could be pornography is really sad// It is very important for everyone, especially women, to be comfortable with their bodies, with noticing when something is wrong, she added//

@...@**This is an important part of our medical care// It*s an important part of understanding ourselves and the idea that the message would be getting out to kids that that*s somehow wrong, that was upsetting**, she said//