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From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing to date―a brutally honest and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance and self-acceptance.
A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag.
Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and super mogul.
Yet that adaptability has made him enigmatic to the public. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known.
Stripping away all artifice, RuPaul recounts the story of his life with breath taking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.
Here in RuPaul’s singular and extraordinary story is a manual for living―a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different, and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly.
If we’re all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.
Publisher : Fourth Estate (5 March 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008614954
ISBN-13 : 978-0008614959
Item Weight : 320 g
Dimensions : 15.3 x 2.8 x 23.4 cm
wladimir machado –
A precious testimony of a one-of-a-kind person! Ru Paul is inspirational!!
Sherry Frasier –
While RuPaul definitely does NOT need a review from me to help his book sales, I want to put this out there for the world to see. As a straight, white, married female from Louisiana, I LOVE this story. It is raw, real, in your face, and explores shameful, embarrassing, and humiliating experiences in life. The author puts it all out there in a way which pulls you in from the start and you are emotionally invested. You come to understand WHY he began transforming his outward image (and it’s probably not what you think). You come to understand the complicated dynamics of having parents from the South – especially from Louisiana. You will see and hear Mama! I love this story and appreciate the courage he displayed in sharing these private details with the world. I cannot believe this man is in his 60s! He looks great. He has been through many of the same things we all have. Even if one isn’t gay, we still experience siblings, a regular home life, school, work, seeking a parent (s) love, understanding, friendships, etc… So if you are interested in a story about love, life, regrets, joys, and peace – please consider this memoir. I’m writing my memoir now and will reference this manuscript in my own Query Letter to professionals when I get ready to pitch my own project. Thank you, RuPaul, for sharing this story. It’s very profound. I love it.
Elianne Aboumrad –
Gran lectura
jikes –
How did a skinny too tall black boy from a broken home and a feeling he didnât fit in become a super model and Television mogul? Youâre going to have to read this charming memoir to find out. This determined man didnât have an easy life. He overcame the hard times by believing in himself and believing in kindness. This is a good read and an affirmation of the essential decency of RuPaul Charles, with some sass and silliness thrown in for entertainment because, nothing Ru does is boring
Fabio D’Apice –
Many cool episodes of the life of one of the greatest personalities of all times