The Glass Castle vs The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Glass Castle .. it is a memoir, and the author was homeless already in a period of her life

The Glass Castle.

The Glass Castle (nonfiction) ... one can conquer their upbringing / past

I think about The Glass Castle to this day. It haunts me. Without any spoilers, there are parts that pop into my mind about children and poverty regularly. It’s rare that I read a book that actually changes me.

I loved ... The Glass Castle by Walls

It was surprisingly a page turner. I read it after I'd been burned out on reading after grad school, and it was nice to read something that was not a slog.

Some of my favorite non-fiction books: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* is another one that teaches you a lot while also being very human and unsettling in the right way.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks! Fantastic writing, thought-provoking story, and reads like a novel at times (in a good way)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot