The House of Hidden Meanings
A Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
"From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the...
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"From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance."--Publisher's description.
Autoren-Porträt von Rupaul
RuPaul Andre Charles is an actor, musician, television personality, and internationally beloved drag queen. He produces and hosts RuPaul's Drag Race, which has received 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, including 6 for Outstanding Host, and has been the inspiration for international versions in 15 countries and several spinoffs including the popular Drag Race: All Stars and Celebrity Drag Race. He also hosts the podcast RuPaul: What's the Tee? with Michelle Visage.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rupaul
- 2024, 256 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins US
- ISBN-10: 0063263904
- ISBN-13: 9780063263901
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"RuPaul writes with a maturity that readers can sense he earned early in life and a memory that brings alive moments both outrageous and transcendent. Touching also on belonging, love, and sobriety, this vibrant and multifaceted celebrity memoir will have readers rapt." - Booklist (starred review)"RuPaul punctuates his life story with knowledgeable opinions on issues like systemic oppression, Black victimization, and the queer community...fans will undoubtedly devour this meticulously recollected, heartfelt excavation of his life's highs and lows. A highly candid, empowering celebrity self-portrait." - Kirkus Reviews
"A probing, emotionally raw memoir that's an introspective examination of RuPaul's family and the issues he confronted before embracing self-love." - Library Journal (starred review)
"[In The House of Hidden Meanings] RuPaul excavates his childhood, early romances, and rise to fame in this unvarnished personal history...intimate, almost conspiratorial, readers eager for a peek behind RuPaul's glamorous persona will get just what they came for." - Publishers Weekly
"RuPaul is a beautiful soul, and never has that beauty been more on display than in the pages of The House of Hidden Meanings. This memoir contains all the nuances of RuPaul's story previously unknown, filled with universal and necessary truths everyone should embrace about identity and acceptance." - Jane Fonda, Academy Award winning actress
"RuPaul will live forever. Like Cleopatra. Like Shakespeare. Not only as a creator but as a teacher and great source of inspiration. His memoir is deeply felt and beautifully written." - Isaac Mizrahi, producer & fashion icon
"More invaluable wisdom from my favorite GuRu." - Thandiwe Newton, Emmy & BAFTA award winning actress
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"RuPaul's memoir is brilliant, bold, beautiful, and brave. This book has balls." - Michael Patrick King, writer/director Sex and the City and ...And Just Like That
"RuPaul has poured his soul into his biography. And it's a beautiful one." - Lee Daniels, director
"There are few people in history who can invent themselves and, through sheer love and determination, can transcend that invention. Bowie was one of those people and so is RuPaul. His taste is impeccable, and his soul is a shining thing. This book crisscrosses the United States like a cross-dressing On The Road. Pathos, wisdom and humor collide to enlighten the reader-it sounds like a cliché, but I just could not put it down." - Daphne Guinness, fashion designer, actress, and musician
"RuPaul's memoir is brilliant, bold, beautiful, and brave. This book has balls." - Michael Patrick King, writer/director Sex and the City and ...And Just Like That
"RuPaul has poured his soul into his biography. And it's a beautiful one." - Lee Daniels, director
"There are few people in history who can invent themselves and, through sheer love and determination, can transcend that invention. Bowie was one of those people and so is RuPaul. His taste is impeccable, and his soul is a shining thing. This book crisscrosses the United States like a cross-dressing On The Road. Pathos, wisdom and humor collide to enlighten the reader-it sounds like a cliché, but I just could not put it down." - Daphne Guinness, fashion designer, actress, and musician
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