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When Nicole Georgeswas two years old, herfamily told her that her father wasdead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive.Her 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 brain and heart when you learn the truth from an unlikely source.Part coming-of-age and part coming-out story, Calling Dr. Lauramarks the arrival ofanexciting andwinning new voice in graphic literature.
About the Author
Nicole J. Georges is an award-winning writer, and illustrator from Portland, Oregon. Nicole has been publishing the autobiographical comic Invincible Summer since 2000, and has toured the country extensively, including two month-long appearances on Michelle Tea's Sister Spit: Next Generation. Her work has been featured in many publications, including Tin House, Vanity Fair, and Slate. com. Her graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, was called "engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant" by Rachel Maddow, and "disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once" by Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home. In her spare time, Nicole volunteers with senior citizens in North Portland, chronicling their experiences through comics and writing in a zine called Tell It Like It Tiz'.She is currently the 2013/14 Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont.
