Many thanks to NetGalley, Amistad, and Megan Giddings for the opportunity to read and review her debut novel - a disturbing account of race, class and things that have been done to others in the name of medicine, science and government. Definitely similar to the Tuskegee and Nazi human experiments and Henrietta Lacks.
Lena is trying to go to college and still deal with being the caretaker for her mother who has suffered seizures and many issues since an accident years ago. When her beloved grandmother dies, the extent of the family's debt is realized. Lena is offered the opportunity to take part in some memory experiments at a government research facility - she will be paid well, receive health care for herself and her mother. However, she must sign NDAs and must lie to everyone about where she is and what she is doing.
So much to discuss in this book - How much are we willing to do and accept to better our lives and those of our families? Why is one section of society the subject of experimentation by another section?
Amazing debut and certainly much to ponder.
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