Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole J. Georges

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Houghton Mifflin
05 January 2013

Biography; Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction

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).

By: Nicole J. Georges
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 202mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9780547615592
ISBN 10: 0547615590
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 05 January 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

NICOLE J. GEORGES is a 'zinester, illustrator, and pet-portrait artist, who teaches self-publishing and autobiographical-comic workshops and has contributed illustrations to a number of publications, including Bitch and Herbivore.

Reviews for Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole Georges' Calling Dr. Laura is an engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant trip through a harrowing emotional bottleneck in family life. It's great art, great writing, a great story - I can't wait for what's next from Nicole. What a wonderful book. -- Rachel Maddow Nicole Georges spins a riveting family mystery. There's a powerful chemistry going on between her delicate drawings and the probing honesty of her investigations. Calling Dr. Laura is disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once. --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home Engaging...incisive...The author approaches [her story] with the tenacity of a detective. Among other factors--including clever asides and several terrific jokes--a deeply affecting epilogue makes Georges's tale well worth the telling. --Publishers Weekly Anyone who knows Portland, OR. will know Nicole J. Georges, the witty girl with the cat glasses and a devoted following for her talents as an illustrator and zinester . . . Whatever the results, one can bet that this new work from Georges will be a good time. --Lambda Literary, Five New Queer Voices to Watch Out For