Calling Dr. Laura : a graphic memoir

by Nicole J. Georges

Paperback, 2013

Notes

Part coming-of-age in a family of secrets and part coming-out story. review

Description

"When Nicole Georges was two years old, her family told her that her father was dead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive. Her 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-- 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" -- from publisher's web site.

Collection

Call number

920 GEO

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2014)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Graphic Novels — 2014)
ALA Over the Rainbow Book List (Selection — Graphic Novels — 2014)

Publication

Boston : Mariner Books, 2013

Physical description

260 p.; 27 cm
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