{"product_id":"calling-dr-laura-9780547615592","title":"Calling Dr. Laura","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed debut graphic memoir by the author of \u003ci\u003eFetch\u003c\/i\u003e: \"a beautiful and innovative portrait\" of young adulthood and confronting family secrets (NPR).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked cover-to-cover with heartfelt and disarming black-and-white illustrations, \u003ci\u003eCalling Dr. Laura\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart coming-of-age and part coming-out story, \u003ci\u003eCalling Dr. Laura\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a tragicomic graphic memoir with a stunning indie aesthetic\" (\u003ci\u003eBookslut\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNICOLE 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\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eincluding\u003ci\u003e Bitch \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHerbivore.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50913924415762,"sku":"9780547615592","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_98c4aab8-d38d-4c93-807f-c67e5a24683c.jpg?v=1738801048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/calling-dr-laura-9780547615592","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}