His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. With Juno’s massive success, Elliot became one of the world’s most beloved actors.
But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he’d carried for so long. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. “Can I kiss you?” It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. With this evocative and lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by Salon, The Week, Elle, Bustle, and more.įull 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. ".the longer you listen the less chronology matters to the overall portrait that emerges: of a lifelong fighter who still, thanks to stubborn prejudices and reactionary policy decisions, has much to fight for."- The New York Times If you listen to one celebrity memoir this year, make it this one."- AudioFile This performance hardly feels like a performance at all. It's the quiet rawness of his voice that makes this audiobook so moving. He narrates these memories with an openness that will make listeners feel like they're right there with him.
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"Actor Elliot Page, who starred in the movie JUNO, gives an emotional, intimate performance of his gorgeous memoir. 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
"Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant.
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