Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole J. Georges

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 marks the arrival of an exciting and winning new voice in graphic literature.

status checked out
genre Biography
publisher Mariner
publish date 2013
popularity checked out 6 time(s)

Reviews

  • By Kryss Adams -

    This story follows all Georges’ activities in her music scene and interpersonal relationships with her absent father looming in the background as a big unanswered question throughout. All of her questions are answered in the end, and it’s not like you were expecting! This one made me tear up.

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