Calling Dr. Laura

The acclaimed debut graphic memoir by the author ofFetch: ';a beautiful and innovative portrait' of young adulthood and confronting family secrets (NPR). When Nicole Georgeswas two years old, her mother told her that her father wasdead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive.Her half-sister, saddled with guilt, admitsthat 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 radiotalk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger for advice. Packedcover-to-coverwith heartfeltand disarming black-and-white illustrations,Calling Dr. Lauratells the story of what happens to you when you are raised in a family of secrets, and what happens to your brainand heartwhen you learn the truth from an unlikely source. Part coming-of-age and part coming-out story,Calling Dr. Laurais ';a tragicomic graphic memoir with a stunning indie aesthetic' (Bookslut).