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The Impostor’s Daughter. Laurie Sandell grew up in awe (and sometimes in terror) of her larger-than-life father, who told jaw-dropping tales of a privileged childhood in Buenos Aires, academic triumphs, heroism during Vietnam, friendships with Kissinger and the Pope. As a young woman, Laurie unconsciously mirrors her dad, trying on several ...
Jul 18, 2009 · The Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell, a chronicler of celebrity stories and editor at Glamour, is a graphic memoir recounting a childhood spent with a mysterious father who haslarger-than-life stories of honors, awards, medals, and elbow rubbing.
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Jul 29, 2009 · However, no nonfiction graphic novel that I've ever read explores the burden of a dark family secret revealed during the process of growing up as well as this one. Laurie Sandell's The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir unveils the process of revelation, damage, and recovery in such an intimate fashion as the author grows into adulthood.
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Jul 12, 2010 · The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir. Paperback – July 12, 2010. Laurie Sandell grew up in awe (and sometimes in terror) of her larger-than-life father, who told jaw-dropping tales of a privileged childhood in Buenos Aires, academic triumphs, heroism during Vietnam, friendships with Kissinger and the Pope.
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Laurie Sandell has written for Esquire, GQ, Glamour, and InStyle, among others, and has contributed cartoons to New York, Glamour and the Wall Street Journal.Her first book, the graphic memoir The Impostor’s Daughter — about her own experiences with her eccentric, secretive father — was nominated for a 2009 Eisner Award.
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Jul 12, 2010 · The Impostor's Daughter. The Impostor's Daughter opens with the odd revelation that Laurie Sandell's father stopped the mail whenever he left town. It's seemingly innocuous at first (at little on the control-freak side, but some fathers are stricter than others), but it quickly explodes into a wrenching look at what and who her father actually is.
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