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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.Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: LGBT
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
Author: Elliot Page
Language: English
Street Date: June 6, 2023
TCIN: 88023765
Item Number (DPCI): 059-01-2433
Origin: Made in the USA
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Estimated ship weight: 0.8 pounds
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Pageboy is a must read! :)
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Rachael_M - 7 months ago, Verified purchaser
Great read! Couldn't put it down!
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Norma - 2 years ago
Lovely written, I just didn't like that it was all over thr time line.
Confusing but open look into a life
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El penguino - 2 years ago, Verified purchaser
I find it very difficult to rate and review a memoir or a biography, only because I feel as if I’m reviewing their life. You can’t review someone’s life in only the glimpses they choose to share. Although I suppose you could really. While the majority or people who produce a memoir, biography or autobiography are allowing the world into their private moments, fears, secrets and joys for us to entertain ourselves with, I feel reviewing them and rating them is casting judgements in ways I am not authorized to do. What I can review is the style, cadence and all around reading journey of the book itself. It’s hard to read, not only because of the hurt and confusion you feel coming off the pages, but because it bounces from one timeline to another and you don’t always quite know where, or when rather, you are. Although, perhaps it was meant that way to match up with how he felt trying to figure out who he is. The narrative is all over the place, almost as if instead of one cohesive story, it’s bits and pieces that you as the reader are left to fit together. It’s definitely a journey, one that will make you mad, sad, and depending on your views of the world excited for him or angry that “this” is out there. Personally, I’m glad he found happiness and comfort in who he is and is able to be a voice that many don’t have. The way it reads, at least for me, is correlative to the journey he is on to find himself. This could have also been done with adding in timelines. It’s a good read, as I find most memoirs, bios and autobios to be, read it! But when you do, be open, and be honest bout the fact that this life and these experiences were and are real for him, and so many others that at this moment in time, don’t have a voice.
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Horror lover - 2 years ago
I love this book. I am a book worm.
A Necessary Read
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Ellie Bee - 2 years ago
Beautifully written.
Beautiful Book
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Kenny - 2 years ago
Beautiful book, worth the read.
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lindsayf8207 - 2 years ago
Love!!!! 11/10. Amazing read by an amazing human.