Pageboy

Brought to you by Penguin #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSUNDAY 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-MenonFull 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.© Elliot Page 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023