Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir
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- Synopsis
- The acclaimed debut graphic memoir by the author of Fetch: &“a beautiful and innovative portrait&” of young adulthood and confronting family secrets (NPR). When Nicole Georges was two years old, her mother told her that her father was dead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive. Her half-sister, saddled with guilt, admits that the psychic is right and that the whole family has conspired to keep him a secret. Sent into a tailspin about her identity, Nicole turns to radio talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger for advice. Packed cover-to-cover with heartfelt and disarming black-and-white illustrations, Calling Dr. Laura tells the story of what happens to you when you are raised in a family of secrets, and what happens to your brain—and heart—when you learn the truth from an unlikely source. Part coming-of-age and part coming-out story, Calling Dr. Laura is &“a tragicomic graphic memoir with a stunning indie aesthetic&” (Bookslut).
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 273 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780547834566
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780547615592
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Date of Addition:
- 09/16/23
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- status in your country.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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