This book purports to tell the story of a Jewish art dealer whose pictures are stolen during WWII and his son's efforts to recover the art after the war. However, the characters were never fully developed enough to care about any of them, the time frames jumped huge gaps in years with no explanation and the story was hard to follow, much less care about. No one in our club liked the book.

Interesting book, well written. Covers both the human side of the life of a black woman whose cells were taken for scientific research, used without her knowledge or consent. Also covers the scientific side of cell research done with the cells, called "Hela" cells. Dry in some parts, interesting in others.