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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The emergence
of our true selves is all of our life's work. Pageboy helps chart
the course.' Jamie Lee Curtis 'Searing, deeply moving, and
incredibly poignant... This isn't simply a book on what it means to
be trans, it's about what it means to be human.' Alok Vaid-Menon
Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to
battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is
a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative and
lyrical debut, Elliot Page captures the universal human experience
of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world.
'Can I kiss you?' It was two months before the world premiere of
Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot
summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it
happened. In front of everyone. The unthinkable. Here he was on the
precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans
person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without
the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps
forward had always come with one step back. With Juno's massive
success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His
dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated
him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a
role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had
been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination
was suddenly a nightmare. As he navigated criticism and abuse from
some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped
at his heels and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary,
Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do. Until enough was
enough. The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his
performance in Juno finally shares his story in a groundbreaking
and inspiring memoir about love, family, fame - and stepping into
who we truly are with strength, joy and connection.
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his
performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It
was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page
was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy
around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of
everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the
precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans
person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without
the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps
forward had always come with one step back. With Juno's massive
success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His
dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated
him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a
role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had
been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination
was suddenly a nightmare. As he navigated criticism and abuse from
some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped
at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary,
Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do, until enough was
enough. Full of behind the scenes details and intimate
interrogations on sex, love, trauma, and Hollywood, Pageboy is the
story of a life pushed to the brink. But at its core, this
beautifully written, winding journey of what it means to untangle
ourselves from the expectations of others is an ode to stepping
into who we truly are with defiance, strength, and joy.
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