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Calling Dr. Laura

A Graphic Memoir

by Nicole Georges

Calling Dr. Laura

Paperback, 260 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, List Price: $16.95 | purchase

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Nicole Georges had always been told that her father was dead — until a psychic told her that he was very much alive. In this graphic memoir, Georges recounts how she learned the truth about her family... and then turned to the Dr. Laura show for advice.

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In Search Of A Father, Finding Herself

by Carmen Gimenez Smith

When a psychic tells her that her biological father is still alive, Portland, Ore., comic-book artist Nicole Georges begins a quest of self discovery. Critic Carmen Gimenez Smith calls Georges' graphic memoir "a beautiful and innovative portrait" of an artist's journey.

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Excerpted from CALLING DR. LAURA, Copyright 2013 by Nicole Georges. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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